Wilderness of Beersheba
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The Wilderness of Beersheba is a desert region in the southern part of ancient Israel, associated in the Bible with Hagar and Ishmael’s wandering and divine encounter.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical place
ⓘ
desert region ⓘ geographical region ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Abrahamic religious traditions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hagar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ishmael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedNarrative | expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael from Abraham’s household ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Israelite geography ⓘ |
| describedAs |
arid region
ⓘ
desert ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
divine encounter with God
ⓘ
wandering of Hagar and Ishmael ⓘ |
| hasNameInScripture | wilderness of Beersheba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfLandscape |
semi-arid steppe
ⓘ
wilderness ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern part of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Beersheba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| narrativeRole |
place of divine provision of water
ⓘ
setting of Hagar and Ishmael’s distress ⓘ |
| partOf | Negev region (traditional identification) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Beersheba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Negev Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | site of divine intervention for Hagar and Ishmael ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| sourceText | Genesis 21:14–19 ⓘ |
| theme |
divine care in the desert
ⓘ
testing and survival in wilderness ⓘ |
| timePeriod | patriarchal period (biblical narrative) ⓘ |
| traditionallyLocatedIn | southern Levant ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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