Beersheba

  

Beersheba

Beersheba is associated with all three patriarchs. Abraham settled in Beersheba (22:19), Isaac built an altar there (26:23-25), and Jacob made a pilgrimage there before going on to Egypt (46:1-7). Beersheba was not settled until the Iron Age, and was fortified by David and Solomon (see Herzog 1980 and Fowler 1982). However, the well at the site may be the one prominent in Genesis 21:22-34 and 26:23-33.

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