Genesis 21:22

It happened at that time that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all you do.

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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 lived in the wilderness of Paran, and became a bowman. His mother secured a wife for him from Egypt.

23Now therefore take an oath to me here by God that you will not be false to me, nor to my son nor to my descendants; but that you will treat me and the land you have stayed in according to the kindness which I have shown you.”

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Cross References

Genesis 20:17Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his slave-girls, so that they could have children (

Genesis 26:28They said, “We saw plainly that the Lord was with you, so we said, ‘Let there now be a sworn treaty between us – let us make a covenant with you –

Genesis 30:27But Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes – I have divined that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.

Genesis 39:3When his master saw that the Lord was with him and made everything that he undertook prosper,

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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