John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 21:32
Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba ,.... Which took its name from the oath annexed to the covenant there made; and which is observed for the sake of what follows, to show that when they finished their agreement, and the ceremony of it: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol, the chief captain of his host ; from the place where they had been conversing and covenanting with Abraham: and they returned into the land of the Philistines ; from Beersheba, which was in the extreme border of... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 21:22-32
We have here an account of the treaty between Abimelech and Abraham, in which appears the accomplishment of that promise (Gen. 12:2) that God would make his name great. His friendship is valued, is courted, though a stranger, though a tenant at will to the Canaanites and Perizzites. I. The league is proposed by Abimelech, and Phichol his prime-minister of state and general of his army. 1. The inducement to it was God's favour to Abraham (Gen. 21:22): ?God is with thee in all that thou doest,... read more