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|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.
|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.
|In that manner they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. Then Abimelech got up, along with Phichol his commander-in-chief, and they returned to the country of the [[Philistines]].
|In that manner they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. Then Abimelech got up, along with Phichol his commander-in-chief, and they returned to the country of the Invaders.
|Literally, "the country of the foreigners," or the modern Gaza Strip. A people known as the Avims occupied it first, and then a Cretan ("Caphthorite") expedition displaced them and continued as the Philistines that troubled the peace of Israel in later years.
|The modern Gaza Strip. A people known as the Avvites occupied it first, and then a Cretan ("Caphthorite") expedition displaced them and lived there instead. The name is generally translated as [[Philistines]]. Likely, both these races were invaders from the Greek islands. The term ''Invader'' is a literal translation of the Hebrew '''פלישת''' (''philisth''), which means "invasion, incursion, inroad, overrun," etc. It is not a true native name, but an "outsider" name, similar to the name ''Eskimo'' (eater of raw meat) given to the [[Inuit]] people.
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|And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
|And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
|Abraham stayed several days in Philistine country.
|Abraham stayed several days in Invader country.
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