And they had for their inheritance: Beer-sheba, Sheba, Moladah — Simeon's inheritance begins in the Negev (southern desert region). Beer-sheba ('well of the oath') carries profound covenant significance; it is the site where Abraham and Isaac made covenants with Abimelech (Genesis 21, 26), establishing Beer-sheba as a boundary sanctuary of the patriarchal promise. Sheba and Moladah are secondary Negev settlements. The enumeration anchors Simeon's identity in this arid southern territory, theologically linking tribe to ancestral narrative.

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