Genesis 21:22

At the same time, Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, said to Abraham: “God is with you in everything that you do.

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

21And he lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

23Therefore, swear by God that you will do no harm to me, and to my posterity, and to my stock. But according to the mercy that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land, to which you have turned as a newcomer.”

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Cross References

Genesis 20:17Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.

Genesis 26:28And they responded: “We saw that the Lord is with you, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us initiate a pact,

Genesis 30:27Laban said to him: “May I find grace in your sight. I have learned by experience that God has blessed me because of you.

Genesis 39:3who knew very well that the Lord was with him, and that all the things that were done by him were directed by his hand.

1 Samuel 24:22Swear to me in the Lord that you will not take away my offspring after me, nor take away my name from the house of my father.”

Isaiah 8:10Undertake a plan, and it will be dissipated! Speak a word, and it will not be done! For God is with us.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:15-22

God's Mercy to Hagar and Ishmael. ( b. c. 1892.) 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And… Read the whole commentary →

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