Genesis 21:32
Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba; then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they swore, both of them.
Cross References
Genesis 10:14And the Pethrussim, and Casluchin, [out of whom came the Pelishtim,] and the Caphtorim.
Genesis 21:27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Genesis 26:14And he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
Exodus 13:17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them the way through the land of the Philistines, because it was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt.
1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because of his loving him as his own soul.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33
Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 22 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: 23 Now 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. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →