Genesis 21:32
They made a covenant at Beersheba, and then Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
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31So he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath.
33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba. There he worshiped Yahweh, the eternal God.
Cross References
Genesis 10:14the Pathrusites, the Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
Genesis 21:27So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
Genesis 26:14He had many sheep and cattle, and a large household. The Philistines envied him.
Exodus 13:17When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that land was nearby. For God said, “Perhaps the people will change their minds when they experience war and will then return to Egypt.”
1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant of friendship because Jonathan 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 →