Genesis 21:22

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke unto Abraham, saying: 'God is with thee in all that thou doest.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

23Now 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.'

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Cross References

Genesis 20:17And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children.

Genesis 26:28And they said: 'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

Genesis 30:27And Laban said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes — I have observed the signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.'

Genesis 39:3And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

1 Samuel 24:22(24-23) And David swore unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men got them up unto the stronghold.

Isaiah 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; 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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