Holy Scripture
Genesis 21:23
A church father on this verse
“After these things, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, for they saw that God was with him and had helped him in the wars of the kings and had also promised him the land of the Canaanites. They also feared that after Abraham destroyed the Canaanites he would also destroy their own land,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
23Now therefore swear to me by God that thou wilt not injure me, nor my seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have performed with thee thou shalt deal with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.
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In context
21And he dwelt in the wilderness, and his mother took him a wife out of Paran of Egypt.
22And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech spoke, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the chief captain of his host, to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all things, whatsoever thou mayest do.
— Genesis 21:23 —
24And Abraham said, I will swear.
25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.