Genesis 21:33

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Genesis 21:31–34 · Berean Standard Bible

31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

32 After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34 And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

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Amos 8:14

Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’— they will fall, never to rise again.”

Deuteronomy 16:21

Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

Judges 3:7

So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

Genesis 4:26

And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

Genesis 12:8

From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 26:23

From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

Genesis 26:25

So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

Genesis 26:33

So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

Psalms 90:2

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

Isaiah 40:28

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

Jeremiah 10:10

But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Romans 1:20

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

Romans 16:26

but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith —

1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.