Genesis 21:32
Thus made they a couenant at Beer-sheba: afterward Abimelech and Phichol his chiefe captaine rose vp, and turned againe vnto the land of the Philistims.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
31Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware.
Cross References
Genesis 10:14Pathrusim also, and Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistims) and Caphtorims.
Genesis 21:27Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.
Genesis 26:14For he had flockes of sheepe, and heards of cattell, and a mightie housholde: therefore the Philistims had enuy at him.
Exodus 13:17Nowe when Pharaoh had let the people go, God caried them not by the way of the Philistims countrey, though it were neerer: (for God sayd, Lest the people repent whe they see warre, and turne againe to Egypt)
1 Samuel 18:3Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.
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 →