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Genesis 26:26

Genesis 26:26

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Abimelech: ,

Phichol: Phichol, as well as Abimelech, "father king," seems to have been a name of office or dignity among the Philistines; for it is not probable that they were the same as are mentioned in the days of Abraham (, ).

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