We have established the message of Be`er Sheva – reaching out to other nations and the encounter with the material world. We still need to clarify: Whose approach was right – Avraham or Isaac? And does this message of Be`er Sheva appear later on in the Bible? Through Jacob’s encounter with Be`er Sheva, the Torah teaches us that Isaac’s path was more accurate. And the following references in the Bible of Be`er Sheva – by the prophet Elijah and by King Jehoash, we see again the essence of the city – as a boundary between the realistic world and the isolated spiritual world.
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