Genesis 21:33
Verse 33 of 34. The 21st of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.
29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30And 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.
31Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.
32Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
Genesis 21:33 in the World English Bible
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.Read Genesis 21:33 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:33
Observe, 1. Abraham, having got into a good neighbourhood, knew when he was well off, and continued a great while there. There he planted a grove for a shade to his tent, or perhaps an orchard of fruit-trees; and there, though we cannot say he settled, for God would have him, while he lived, to be a stranger and a pilgrim, yet he sojourned many days, as many as would consist with his character, as Abraham the Hebrew, or passenger…
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