Genesis 21:32

Thus made they a bonde to gether at Berseba.Than Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne rose vp and turned agayne vnto the lande of the Philistines.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

In Context

31Wherfore the place is called Berseba because they sware both of them.

33And Abraham planted a wodd in Berseba and called there on the name of the LORde the everlastynge God:

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Cross References

Genesis 10:14Pathrusim and Castuhim: from whence came the Philystyns and the Capthiherynes.

Genesis 21:27And Abraham toke shepe and oxen and gaue them vnto Abimelech. And they made both of them a bonde together.

Genesis 26:14yt he had possessio of shepe of oxe and a myghtie housholde: so yt the Philestians had envy at him:

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 →

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