Genesis 21:32

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

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  • Gen 10:14 : 14 Pathrusites, Casluhites(from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorites.
  • Gen 14:13 : 13 A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner.(All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)
  • Gen 21:27 : 27 Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.
  • Gen 26:8 : 8 After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
  • Gen 26:14 : 14 He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
  • Gen 31:53 : 53 May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.
  • Exod 13:17 : 17 The Leading of God When Pharaoh released the people, God did not lead them by the way to the land of the Philistines, although that was nearby, for God said,“Lest the people change their minds and return to Egypt when they experience war.”
  • Judg 13:1 : 1 Samson’s Birth The Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
  • 1 Sam 18:3 : 3 Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.

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    29Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

    30He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”

    31That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

  • Gen 21:22-27
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    22At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham,“God is with you in all that you do.

    23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

    24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”

    25But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

    26“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”

    27Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.

  • Gen 22:19
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    19Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.

  • Gen 26:25-26
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    25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

    26Now Abimelech had come to him from Gerar along with Ahuzzah his friend and Phicol the commander of his army.

  • Gen 26:30-33
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    30So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.

    31Early in the morning the men made a treaty with each other. Isaac sent them off; they separated on good terms.

    32That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug.“We’ve found water,” they reported.

    33So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.

  • Gen 21:33-34
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    33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God.

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    23From there Isaac went up to Beer Sheba.

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    15So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.

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    1Isaac and Abimelech There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

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    15Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”

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    50Abimelech moved on to Thebez; he besieged and captured it.

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    8After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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    27They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, squeezed out the juice, and celebrated. They came to the temple of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

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    28They replied,“We could plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us– between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

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    17So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley.

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    8Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

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    10Then Abimelech asked Abraham,“What prompted you to do this thing?”

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    46When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

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    17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

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