³² So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

³ Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because ^(A)he loved him as his own soul.

The Birth of Samson

13 And the people of Israel again ^(A)did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them ^(B)into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

Pillars of Cloud and Fire

¹⁷ When Pharaoh let the people go, God did ^(A)not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people ^(B)change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.”

⁵³ The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the ^(A)Fear of his father Isaac,

¹⁴ He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines ^(A)envied him.

⁸ When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with^[a] Rebekah his wife.

²⁷ So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men ^(A)made a covenant.

¹³ Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, ^(A)who was living by the ^(B)oaks^[a] of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.