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Genesis 26:23

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He went up from there to Beersheba.
Genesis 26:23 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
  • BSB From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
  • NKJV Then he went up from there to Beersheba.
  • NASB And he went up from there to Beersheba.
  • NLT From there Isaac moved to Beersheba,

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 3

  • Judg 20:1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
  • Gen 21:31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
  • Gen 46:1Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (2)
BEER-SHEBAISAAC

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Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 26:23 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And he went upעָלָהfrom thence to Beershebaבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
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