“And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.”
So Israel set out with all that was had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. The first act of the journey south toward Egypt is worship at Beersheba — the site of the covenant between Abraham and Abimelech, the place where Isaac received the covenant confirmation in Genesis 26:23-25. The application: the covenant journey that passes through a covenant place begins at that place with worship. Jacob offers at Beersheba before proceeding to Egypt.
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