KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 21:32
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth—Phichol also, head of his host—and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;
Surrounding context — Genesis 21
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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 Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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.
33 And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, 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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וַיִּכְרְת֥וּH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutבְרִ֖יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantבִּבְאֵ֣רH884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaשָׁ֑בַעH884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaוַיָּ֣קָםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiאֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְH40 · a.vi.me.lekhAbimelechוּפִיכֹל֙H6369 · pi.kholPhicolשַׂר־H8269 · sarrulerצְבָא֔וֹH6635 · tsa.vaarmyוַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֶ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃H6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistine
Cross-references
Genesis 14:13And 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.Exodus 13:17And 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:Genesis 31:53The 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.Genesis 10:14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.Genesis 26:8And 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.Genesis 26:14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.Genesis 21:27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.Judges 13:1And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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