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Selected Verse: Genesis 21:22 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ge 21:22 |
Strong Concordance |
And it came to pass at that time [06256], that Abimelech [040] and Phichol [06369] the chief captain [08269] of his host [06635] spake [0559] unto Abraham [085], saying [0559], God [0430] is with thee in all that thou doest [06213]: |
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King James |
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
COVENANT. (Gen 21:22-34)
Abimelech and Phichol--Here a proof of the promise (Gen 12:2) being fulfilled, in a native prince wishing to form a solemn league with Abraham. The proposal was reasonable, and agreed to [Gen 21:24]. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Abimelech's Treaty with Abraham. - Through the divine blessing which visibly attended Abraham, the Philistine king Abimelech was induced to secure for himself and his descendants the friendship of a man so blessed; and for that purpose he went to Beersheba, with his captain Phicol, to conclude a treaty with him. Abraham was perfectly ready to agree to this; but first of all he complained to him about a well which Abimelech's men had stolen, i.e., had unjustly appropriated to themselves. Abimelech replied that this act of violence had never been made known to him till that day, and as a matter of course commanded the well to be returned. After the settlement of this dispute the treaty was concluded, and Abraham presented the king with sheep and oxen, as a material pledge that he would reciprocate the kindness shown, and live in friendship with the king and his descendants. Out of this present he selected seven lambs and set them by themselves; and when Abimelech inquired what they were, he told him to take them from his hand, that they might be to him (Abraham) for a witness that he had digged the well. It was not to redeem the well, but to secure the well as his property against any fresh claims on the part of the Philistines, that the present was given; and by the acceptance of it, Abraham's right of possession was practically and solemnly acknowledged. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
At that time - This may either refer to the transactions recorded in the preceding chapter, or to the time of Ishmael's marriage, but most probably to the former.
God is with thee - מימרא דיי meimera daiya, the Word of Jehovah; see before, Gen 15:1. That the Chaldee paraphrasts use this term, not for a word spoken, but in the same sense in which St. John uses the λογος του Θεου, the Word of God, (Joh 1:1), must be evident to every unprejudiced reader. See on Gen 15:1 (note). |
24 And Abraham [085] said [0559], I will swear [07650].
2 And I will make of thee [06213] a great [01419] nation [01471], and I will bless [01288] thee, and make [01431] thy name [08034] great [01431]; and thou shalt be a blessing [01293]:
22 And it came to pass at that time [06256], that Abimelech [040] and Phichol [06369] the chief captain [08269] of his host [06635] spake [0559] unto Abraham [085], saying [0559], God [0430] is with thee in all that thou doest [06213]:
23 Now therefore swear [07650] unto me here [02008] by God [0430] that thou wilt not deal falsely [08266] with me, nor with my son [05209], nor with my son's son [05220]: but according to the kindness [02617] that I have done [06213] unto thee, thou shalt do [06213] unto me, and to the land [0776] wherein thou hast sojourned [01481].
24 And Abraham [085] said [0559], I will swear [07650].
25 And Abraham [085] reproved [03198] Abimelech [040] because [0182] of a well [0875] of water [04325], which Abimelech's [040] servants [05650] had violently taken away [01497].
26 And Abimelech [040] said [0559], I wot [03045] not who hath done [06213] this thing [01697]: neither [03808] didst thou tell [05046] me, neither [03808] yet heard [08085] I of it, but [01115] to day [03117].
27 And Abraham [085] took [03947] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241], and gave [05414] them unto Abimelech [040]; and both of them [08147] made [03772] a covenant [01285].
28 And Abraham [085] set [05324] seven [07651] ewe lambs [03535] of the flock [06629] by themselves.
29 And Abimelech [040] said [0559] unto Abraham [085], What [02008] mean these seven [07651] ewe lambs [03535] which thou hast set [05324] by themselves?
30 And he said [0559], For these seven [07651] ewe lambs [03535] shalt thou take [03947] of my hand [03027], that [05668] they may be a witness [05713] unto me, that I have digged [02658] this well [0875].
31 Wherefore he called [07121] that place [04725] Beersheba [0884]; because there they sware [07650] both of them [08147].
32 Thus they made [03772] a covenant [01285] at Beersheba [0884]: then Abimelech [040] rose up [06965], and Phichol [06369] the chief captain [08269] of his host [06635], and they returned [07725] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430].
33 And Abraham planted [05193] a grove [0815] in Beersheba [0884], and called [07121] there on the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], the everlasting [05769] God [0410].
34 And Abraham [085] sojourned [01481] in the Philistines [06430]' land [0776] many [07227] days [03117].
1 After [0310] these things [01697] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came [01961] unto Abram [087] in a vision [04236], saying [0559], Fear [03372] not, Abram [087]: I am thy shield [04043], and thy exceeding [03966] great [07235] reward [07939].
1 In [1722] the beginning [746] was [2258] the Word [3056], and [2532] the Word [3056] was [2258] with [4314] God [2316], and [2532] the Word [3056] was [2258] God [2316].
1 After [0310] these things [01697] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came [01961] unto Abram [087] in a vision [04236], saying [0559], Fear [03372] not, Abram [087]: I am thy shield [04043], and thy exceeding [03966] great [07235] reward [07939].