Beersheba
The southern boundary town of the patriarchs.
What we know — and how we know it
Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1
Archaeology — physical evidence · 1
Life, role & deeds
BibleThe southern edge of the land, where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob dug wells and called on the LORD.
Genesis 21:31; 26:23
ArchaeologyTel Beersheba yielded a carefully planned Iron Age town and a dismantled horned altar — an echo of the reform of the high places.
Tel Beersheba (Tel Be'er Sheva), excavated by Yohanan Aharoni, Tel Aviv University, 1969–1976; dismantled four-horned ashlar altar reconstructed from stones found reused in a later storehouse wall — Y. Aharoni, 'The Horned Altar of Beer-sheba,' The Biblical Archaeologist 37 (1974)
On these journeys
- The wanderings of Jacob — Jacob
