Genesis 21:32
So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech arose with Phicol the captain of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.
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In Context
31The place was called Beer-sheba, because it was there they swore their oath.
Cross References
Genesis 10:14and Pathrusim, and Casluhim – from whom went forth the Philistines – and Caphtorim.
Genesis 21:27So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and made an agreement with each other.
Genesis 26:14Now all the wells which Isaac’s father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
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 →