³² And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also, head of his host -- and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;

¹⁴ and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim,) and the Caphtorim.

¹³ And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they `are' Abram's allies.

²⁷ And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

⁸ And it cometh to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looketh through the window, and seeth, and lo, Isaac is playing with Rebekah his wife.

¹⁴ and he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,

⁵³ the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, doth judge between us -- the God of their father,' and Jacob sweareth by the Fear of his father Isaac.

¹⁷ And it cometh to pass in Pharaoh's sending the people away, that God hath not led them the way of the land of the Philistines, for it `is' near; for God said, `Lest the people repent in their seeing war, and have turned back towards Egypt;'

¹ And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

³ And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,