32 Thus made they a [a]covenant at Beersheba: afterward Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain rose up, and turned again unto the land of the Philistines.

33 ¶ And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and [b]called there on the Name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

34 And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistine’s land a long season.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:32 Thus we see that the godly, as touching outward things may make peace with the wicked that know not the true God.
  2. Genesis 21:33 That is, he worshipped God in all points of true Religion.

32 After the treaty(A) had been made at Beersheba,(B) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces(C) returned to the land of the Philistines.(D) 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree(E) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,(F) the Eternal God.(G) 34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines(H) for a long time.

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