Genesis 21:32
So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
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31So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
Cross References
Genesis 10:14And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.
Genesis 21:27And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.
Genesis 26:14For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.
Exodus 13:17Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.
1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33
Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →