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Genesis 21:22
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20 So God awas with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, band became an archer.  
21 He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother atook a wife for him from the land of Egypt.  

A Covenant with Abimelech

22 And it came to pass at that time that aAbimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, b“God is with you in all that you do.  
23 Now therefore, aswear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”  
24 And Abraham said, “I will swear.”
25 Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants ahad seized.  
26 And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.”
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Genesis 21:22.

Genesis 21:22-24

They bargained back and forth there awhile, but it is interesting here that a pagan king utters the words that become central to what Beersheba came to represent to the Israelites. "[I] am with you in all that you do." This pagan king recognized that Abraham was a different kind of man and he acknowledged Abraham's godliness by saying that the Lord is with you in all that you do. Abraham's life was one that reflected godliness.

Excerpted from Amos 5 and the Feast of Tabernacles



Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Genesis 21:22:

Amos 5:5-6
Amos 5:21-24


 
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