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Genesis 21:32 KJV
Genesis · chapter 21 · verse 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.Genesis 21:32 · King James Version
Genesis 21:32 in context
30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
32Thus 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.
33And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BeershebaBᵉʼêr ShebaʻBeer-Sheba, a place in PalestineH884 →
- AbimelechʼĂbîymelekAbimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two IsraelitesH40 →
- covenantbᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- returnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- PhicholPîykôlPicol, a PhilistineH6369 →
- captainsara head personH8269 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-32