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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 Invaders.

|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 Avvites.

|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.

|The modern Gaza Strip, classically known as "Philistia" and later as "Palestine." The Avvites occupied the Strip first, and then a "Caphthorite" (Mycenaean, and most likely Cretan) expedition displaced them and lived there instead. The name of [[Philistines]] actually means "The Immigrants." Likely, both the Avvites and the later Caphthorites were invaders from the Greek islands. In Hebrew '''פלישת''' (''philisth''), means "invasion, incursion, inroad, overrun," etc. Thus "Philistine" means simply "Immigrant" and is not a true native name.

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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 Invader country.

|Abraham stayed several days in Avvite country.

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