Genesis 21:22

And it comes to pass at that time that Abimelech speaks—Phichol also, head of his host—to Abraham, saying, “God [is] with you in all that you are doing;

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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 dwells in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother takes for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

23and now, swear to me by God here: you do not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with you—do with me, and with the land in which you have sojourned.”

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Cross References

Genesis 20:17And Abraham prays to God, and God heals Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:

Genesis 26:28And they say, “We have certainly seen that YHWH has been with you, and we say, Now let there be an oath between us, between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

Genesis 30:27And Laban says to him, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes—I have observed diligently that YHWH blesses me for your sake.”

Genesis 39:3and his lord sees that YHWH is with him, and all that he is doing YHWH is causing to prosper in his hand,

1 Samuel 24:22And David swears to Saul, and Saul goes to his house, and David and his men have gone up to the fortress.

Isaiah 8:10Take counsel, and it is broken, || Speak a word, and it does not stand, || Because of Immanuel!”

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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