Gen 21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. Ver. 32. A covenant. ] Foedus , παρα το πεποιθεναι a a Sic fidus , παρα το πειθειν read more
Genesis 21:27, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 31:53, 1 Samuel 18:3 the Philistines: Genesis 10:14, Genesis 26:8, Genesis 26:14, Exodus 13:17, Judges 13:1 Reciprocal: Genesis 26:26 - Phichol Genesis 26:28 - Let there Genesis 26:31 - sware 1 Kings 5:12 - they two read more
32. Returned into the land of the Philistines That is, into its more central part . The limits of the territory claimed by them was probably in that age ill-defined and variable, and their chief cities much farther to the south than the later pentapolis of the Mediterranean plain . Beer-sheba appears, from Genesis 21:34, to have been on the border of the Philistine territory, in which the patriarchs long sojourned . read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 21:23-32
Genesis 21:23-32Swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with meAbraham the friend of manI.ABRAHAM YIELDS READILY TO THE REQUEST FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP. Abimelech’s motives in seeking the friendship of Abraham were probably mixed, and included. 1. Expediency. 2. The worship of success. 3. The admiration of goodness. II. ABRAHAM UNDERTAKES THE DUTIES OF FRIENDSHIP. He freely accepts Abimelech’s conditions. 1. True and righteous dealing. 2. Gratitude for favours shown. 3.... read more