Discovery BoxGenesis 21:32 
Context21:32 So they made a treaty 1 at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned 2 to the land of the Philistines. 3
Genesis 46:1
ContextThe Family of Jacob goes to Egypt
46:1 So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. 4 When he came to Beer Sheba 5 he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
1 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
2 tn Heb “arose and returned.”
3 sn The Philistines mentioned here may not be ethnically related to those who lived in Palestine in the time of the judges and the united monarchy. See D. M. Howard, “Philistines,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 238.
4 tn Heb “and Israel journeyed, and all that was his.”
5 sn Beer Sheba. See Gen 21:31; 28:10.
