Beer in the Bible

Meaning: a well

Exact Match

Therefore the well was named Beer-lahai-roi: behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Verse ConceptsWellsGod Seeing All Peoplebeer

Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Verse ConceptsShouldersBottle, UsesDeserts, SpecificThe HomelessWater ContainersWanderersThose Who Rose EarlyCarrying Other LoadsExamples Of Love For Children

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantWellsPeople Naming Things

After they had made a covenant at Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and returned to the land of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals going home

Abraham went back to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham settled in Beer-sheba.

Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev region.

After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.

Verse ConceptsBlessed By God

Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Verse ConceptsRefugeesSacrifice, In Ot

Jacob left Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and their wives.

Verse ConceptsCartsImmigrants

Thematic Bible



From there they traveled to the Well of Beer, where the LORD had instructed Moses, "Gather the people together and I'll give you water." That's also where Israel sang this song: Rise up, well! Sing to it! It's the well that the leaders dug, the one carved out by the nobles of the people with their scepters and staffs.


Then Jotham escaped by running away. He went to Beer and remained there because of his brother Abimelech.


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