He appeared Part 6 (Gen 21:23-32)

23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.

Or with my descendants or with my posterity—Thus far extends a man’s pity for his descendants (Bereishit Rabbah 54:2).

But as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me—When I said to you (Gen 20:15): “Behold, my land is before you.”

Chullin 60b:12

The verse teaches the following: Since Abimelech, king of the Philistines, administered an oath to Abraham: “That you will not deal falsely with me or with my son or with my grandson” (Gen 21:23), the Jewish people were prohibited from conquering the land of the Philistines until four generations had passed. Therefore, the holy One, blessed be he, said: Let the Caphtorim come and remove the land from the Avvim, who are the same as the Philistines, and let Israel come and remove it from the Caphtorim, circumventing the prohibition.

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Sotah 10a:1

Samson’s parents were being told that the oath of Abimelech, king of the Philistines, was negated, as it is written that Abimelech said to our forefather Abraham: “Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but according to the kindness that I have done unto you, you shall do to me and with the land where you have sojourned” (Gen 21:23). The oath of the descendants of Abraham was no longer binding since the Philistines broke their oath by subjugating the Jewish people.

22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

23 that I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ ” GEN 14:22-23

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Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him. GEN 20:14

that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell, GEN 24:3

They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,” GEN 26:28

44 Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I. And let it be a witness between you and me.

53 “The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac, GEN 31:44, 53

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It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear. DEU 6:13

But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth. 2CO 1:23

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. HEB 6:16

26 Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”

and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land. GEN 13:7

29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.” GEN 33:8

And when your children say to you, “What do you mean by this service?” EXO 12:26

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.

Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. GEN 10:14

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