Genesis 21:22

At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

23Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:17And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:

Genesis 26:28And they answered: We saw that the Lord is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us make a covenant,

Genesis 30:27Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.

Genesis 39:3Who knew very well that the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

1 Samuel 24:22Swear to me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me, nor take away my name from the house of my father.

Isaiah 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because 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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