Genesis 21:34
in Genesis 21And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
KJV
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
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This verse in Genesis 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Even many years, days being sometimes put for years; having entered into covenant with Abimelech, the king of the country, and settled a good correspondence with him, and having his friendship and good will, which commanded respect from his subjects, Abraham sojourned very quietly and comfortably for many years, chiefly at Beersheba; the Jewish writers say (a) he sojourned here twenty six years. (a) Jarchi & Bereshit Rabba, sect. 54. fol. 48. 4.
This site's exposition
Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines
The chapter ends on the word resided, in the country the treaty had just secured, and Abraham stayed a long time. Everything he holds in the land of promise he has paid for, this well for seven lambs. Gill gives the Jewish writers' reckoning of that time, twenty-six years.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Even many years, days being sometimes put for years; having entered into covenant with Abimelech, the king of the country, and settled a good correspondence with him, and having his friendship and good will, which commanded respect from his subjects, Abraham sojourned very quietly and comfortably for many years, chiefly at Beersheba; the Jewish writers say (a) he sojourned here twenty six years. (a) Jarchi & Bereshit Rabba, sect. 54. fol. 48. 4.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֧גָר | vaiyagor | and he sojourned | H1481 → | 97 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֛ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | pelishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| יָמִ֥ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| רַבִּֽים׃ פ | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
וַיָּ֧גָרand he sojourned
vaiyagorH1481 →97 times
אַבְרָהָ֛םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים[the] Philistines
pelishtimH6430 →287 times
יָמִ֥יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
רַבִּֽים׃ פmany
rabimH7227 →454 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
it leads to
- Hebrews 11:13
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 John 2:15–17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- 1 Peter 4:2
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
- Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- Hebrews 11:13
Through
Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- 1 Peter 2:11
Through
Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the…
it leads to
- Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
- Genesis 23:4
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
- Psalms 39:12
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.