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.

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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

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Genesis 21 mentionsPlace Wilderness of Beersheba