Key Verse Spotlight
Genesis 21:32 — Meaning and Application
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.”
Genesis 21:32
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. {Beersheba: that is, The well of the oath}
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.
And {Abraham} planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. {grove: or, tree}
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
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