Genesis 21:34
Abraham and all his people lived in the land that belonged to the Philistines for a very long time. But they were always strangers in that country.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
In Context
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 →