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Genesis 21:32

AbimelechPhicholBeersheba
Peace

30 And 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.

31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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.

33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

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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

    And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:3

    Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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  • Genesis 10:14

    And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

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  • Genesis 26:8

    And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

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  • Exodus 13:17

    And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

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  • Genesis 31:53

    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

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  • Genesis 26:14

    For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

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  • Genesis 14:13

    And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

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