Joshua 15:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, Beer-sheba - A city, famous in the book of Genesis as the residence of the patriarchs Abraham and Jacob, Genesis 22:19; Genesis 28:10; Genesis 46:1. See the note on Genesis 21:31. It lay on the way between Canaan and Egypt, about forty miles from Jerusalem.