Genesis 21:32
Thus they made a brit at Be'er-Sheva: then Avimelech rose up, and Phichol the sar tzeva of his, and they returned into eretz Pelishtim.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
31Therefore he called that place Be'er-Sheva; because there they swore an oath both of them.
Cross References
Genesis 10:14And Patrusim, and Casluchim, out of whom came Pelishtim (Philistines), and Caphtorim.
Genesis 21:27And Avraham took tzon and oxen, and gave them unto Avimelech; and both of them made a brit.
Genesis 26:14For he had possession of tzon, and possession of cattle, and many avadim; and the Pelishtim envied him.
Exodus 13:17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that Elohim led them not through the derech of the eretz of the Pelishtim (Philistines), although that was near; for Elohim said, Lest perhaps the people change their mind when they see milchamah, and they return to Mitzrayim;
1 Samuel 18:3Then Yonatan and Dovid made a brit (covenant), because he loved him as his own nefesh.
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 →