32<\/strong>. returned into the land of the Philistines<\/em> ] The reference to the Philistines is an anachronism. It is doubtful whether the Philistines occupied S. E. Palestine before the reign of Raamses III (1202 1172 b.c.). See Gen 26:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n 1891<\/I> i.e. Into their part of that land, to wit, Gerar, which was not far from this place. It is a usual synecdoche, whereby the whole land is put for a part of it; otherwise they were at this time in that land. <\/P> <\/p>\n Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba<\/strong>,…. Which took its name from the oath annexed to the covenant there made; and which is observed for the sake of what follows, to show that when they finished their agreement, and the ceremony of it,<\/p>\n then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol, the chief captain of his host<\/strong>; from the place where they had been conversing and covenanting with Abraham:<\/p>\n and they returned into the land of the Philistines<\/strong>; from Beersheba, which was in the extreme border of it, unto Gerar, which lay in the midst of it, and was the capital city in it; otherwise both places were in Palestine, or the land of the Philistines, a people that came out of Egypt originally, and settled here: in Jerom’s u time Beersheba was a large village, twenty miles from Hebron to the south.<\/p>\n u De loc. Heb. fol. 89. F.<\/p>\n 32<\/strong>. <\/strong> Returned into the land of the Philistines <\/strong> That is, into its more central part . The limits of the territory claimed by them was probably in that age ill-defined and variable, and their chief cities much farther to the south than the later pentapolis of the Mediterranean plain . Beer-sheba appears, from Gen 21:34<\/span>, to have been on the border of the Philistine territory, in which the patriarchs long sojourned .<\/p>\n ‘So they made a covenant at Beersheba, and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.’ <\/p>\n The treaty having been satisfactorily concluded the pair return to their land which is called ‘the land of the Philistines (see above prior to verse 1). In a sense, of course they are already in the land of the Philistines (Gen 21:34<\/span>) but the differentiation is made to demonstrate that now this part they have left is under Abraham’s jurisdiction, with their agreement. We may possibly differentiate between the land actually occupied by the Philistines and that over which they have final control. <\/p>\n Gen 21:32 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 32. A covenant.<\/strong> ] Foedus<\/em> , a<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Sic fidus<\/em> , <\/p>\n Gen 21:27, Gen 14:13, Gen 31:53, 1Sa 18:3 <\/p>\n the Philistines: Gen 10:14, Gen 26:8, Gen 26:14, Exo 13:17, Jdg 13:1 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 26:26 – Phichol Gen 26:28 – Let there Gen 26:31 – sware 1Ki 5:12 – they two<\/p>\n 21:32 Thus they made a {m} covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.<\/p>\n (m) Thus we see that the godly, concerning outward things may make peace with the wicked that do not know the true God.<\/p>\n Thus 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. 32. returned into the land of the Philistines ] The reference to the Philistines is an anachronism. It is doubtful whether the Philistines occupied S. E. 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