Genesis 21:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.

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  • Gen 10:14 : 14 And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.
  • Gen 14:13 : 13 And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.
  • Gen 21:27 : 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.
  • Gen 26:8 : 8 And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.
  • Gen 26:14 : 14 For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.
  • Gen 31:53 : 53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.
  • Exod 13:17 : 17 Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.
  • Judg 13:1 : 1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
  • 1 Sam 18:3 : 3 Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.

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    29 Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

    30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

    31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

  • Gen 21:22-27
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    22 Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.

    23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.

    24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

    25 But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

    26 But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.

    27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.

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    19 Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.

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    25 Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

    26 And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.

  • Gen 26:30-33
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    30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

    31 And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

    32 And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

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    33 And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

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    23 And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.

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    15 Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

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    1 Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

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    15 And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

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    27 And they went out into their fields and got in the fruit of their vines, and when the grapes had been crushed, they made a holy feast and went into the house of their god, and over their food and drink they were cursing Abimelech.

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    17 So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

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    8 So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear.

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    17 Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

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    1 And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.