Genesis 21:34

So Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

In Context

33Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba,—and called there on the name of Yahweh the age-abiding GOD.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:15for, sojourners, are we before thee, and strangers, like all our fathers,—like a shadow, are our days upon the earth, and there is no hope.

Hebrews 11:9By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, in tents, dwelling, along with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;

1 Peter 2:11Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:34

33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord , the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Observe, 1. Abraham, having got into a good neighbourhood, knew when he was well off, and continued a great while there. There he planted a grove for a shade to his tent, or perhaps an orchard of fruit-trees; and there, though we cannot say he settled, for God would have him, while he lived, to be a stranger and a pilgrim, yet he sojourned many… Read the whole commentary →

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