Genesis 21:34

And Abraham soiourned in the Philistines lande a long season.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

In Context

33And Abraham planted a wood in Beer seba, and called there on the name of the Lorde the euerlasting God.

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Cross References

1 Peter 2:11Dearely beloued, I beseche you as straugers and pilgrimes, abstaine from fleshly lustes, whiche fight agaynst the soule:

Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:34

33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord , the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Observe, 1. Abraham, having got into a good neighbourhood, knew when he was well off, and continued a great while there. There he planted a grove for a shade to his tent, or perhaps an orchard of fruit-trees; and there, though we cannot say he settled, for God would have him, while he lived, to be a stranger and a pilgrim, yet he sojourned many… Read the whole commentary →

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