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Genesis 21:32

AbimelechPhicholBeersheba
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30 He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34 And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

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BSB
After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
KJV
Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
WEB
So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
ASV
So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
DARBY
And they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the captain of his host, and returned into the land of the Philistines.
BLB
And they cut a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech rose, and Phichol the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.
ÅB
Så gjorde de da en pakt i Be'erseba; og Abimelek og Pikol, hans hærfører, brøt opp og vendte tilbake til filistrenes land.
OTB
Etter å ha inngått en pakt ved Beersheba, vendte Abimelek og Pikol, hans hærfører, tilbake til filisternes land.
B1930
Så gjorde de da en pakt i Be'erseba; og Abimelek og Pikol, hans hærfører, brøt op og vendte tilbake til filistrenes land.

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  • Genesis 21:27

    So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:3

    Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

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  • Genesis 10:14

    the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

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  • Genesis 26:8

    When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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  • Exodus 13:17

    When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

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  • Genesis 31:53

    May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

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  • Genesis 26:14

    He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

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  • Genesis 14:13

    Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

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