Genesis 21:32
And they made a covenant at the well of the oath. And there rose up Abimelech, Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army, and they returned to the land of the Phylistines.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
31Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.
Cross References
Genesis 10:14and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasmoniim (whence came forth Phylistiim) and the Gaphthoriim.
Genesis 21:27And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant.
Genesis 26:14And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Phylistines envied him.
Exodus 13:17And when Pharao sent forth the people, God led them not by the way of the land of the Phylistines, because it was near; for God said, Lest at any time the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt.
1 Samuel 18:3And Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved 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 →