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family_n it_o be_v likely_a more_o but_o occupy_v land_n according_o the_o question_n be_v quo_fw-la jure_fw-la by_o what_o right_a these_o stranger_n take_v up_o so_o much_o ground_n in_o a_o strange_a country_n and_o escape_v war_n about_o plait_n wherein_o they_o sit_v down_o and_o in_o all_o probability_n entrench_v themselves_o for_o the_o better_a security_n and_o about_o the_o tract_n round_o about_o they_o which_o they_o fill_v with_o their_o herd_n and_o flock_n we_o must_v remember_v to_o set_v we_o right_n here_o that_o from_o the_o flood_n to_o the_o promise_n make_v to_o abram_n there_o be_v but_o about_o four_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o two_o year_n reckon_v which_o be_v too_o little_a to_o imagine_v all_o place_n to_o be_v replenish_v in_o so_o that_o while_o the_o inhabitant_n that_o be_v live_v in_o wall_a town_n for_o safety_n and_o study_v art_n and_o science_n to_o which_o the_o canaanite_n and_o phoenician_n ever_o be_v addict_v and_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o cultivate_a of_o the_o near_a field_n and_o plant_v of_o their_o vineyard_n the_o come_n of_o these_o stranger_n with_o their_o stock_n and_o pitch_v about_o they_o like_o a_o stand_a fair_a or_o movable_a city_n bring_v both_o trade_n and_o plenty_n to_o they_o while_o the_o waste_a ground_n may_v be_v leave_v at_o large_a without_o prejudice_n unto_o any_o native_a of_o the_o country_n which_o bring_v also_o increase_v of_o gold_n and_o silver_n to_o the_o patriarch_n as_o for_o abraham_n himself_o he_o keep_v at_o a_o distance_n from_o all_o the_o idolatrous_a city_n and_o enter_v not_o at_o all_o into_o they_o without_o some_o great_a occasion_n 19.1_o as_o famine_n and_o distress_n once_o or_o twice_o and_o to_o treat_v with_o the_o man_n of_o kiriah-arba_a for_o a_o buryingplace_n for_o sarah_n but_o lot_n be_v indiscreet_o mingle_v among_o the_o man_n of_o sodom_n happen_v once_o to_o be_v take_v captive_a among_o they_o by_o the_o four_o king_n and_o after_o hardly_o escape_v from_o be_v destroy_v with_o they_o and_o if_o it_o ever_o fell_a to_o their_o conveniency_n to_o pitch_v near_o to_o any_o city_n or_o better_a people_a place_n so_o that_o there_o may_v be_v any_o danger_n of_o interfere_v with_o they_o then_o they_o either_o make_v some_o purchase_n or_o some_o confederacy_n or_o compromise_n with_o the_o prince_n or_o people_n there_o to_o preserve_v a_o inviolable_a peace_n among_o they_o and_o when_o abraham_n be_v about_o gerar_n he_o do_v all_o at_o once_o 22._o for_o when_o abimelech_n and_o his_o chief_a captain_n phichol_n observe_v that_o abraham_n grow_v great_a they_o think_v it_o good_a policy_n to_o take_v caution_n of_o he_o by_o a_o solemn_a league_n make_v by_o oath_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o thereafter_o deal_v false_o by_o abimelech_n or_o his_o son_n or_o son_n son_n but_o according_a to_o the_o kindness_n that_o he_o have_v find_v in_o the_o land_n wherein_o he_o have_v so_o long_o sojourn_v and_o abraham_n swear_v and_o both_o of_o they_o make_v a_o covenant_n at_o the_o make_n whereof_o abraham_n do_v reprove_v or_o gentle_o contend_v with_o abimelech_n about_o a_o well_o of_o water_n which_o abimelech_n servant_n have_v violent_o take_v away_o from_o he_o though_o abraham_n himself_o have_v dig_v it_o and_o he_o make_v a_o present_a to_o abimelech_n that_o he_o may_v enjoy_v the_o better_a right_o to_o it_o but_o of_o the_o land_n about_o there_o be_v no_o question_n make_v between_o they_o however_o when_o abraham_n plant_v a_o grove_n about_o the_o well_o and_o set_v up_o a_o altar_n there_o sojourn_v many_o day_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistine_n no_o doubt_v he_o become_v a_o purchaser_n at_o least_o of_o some_o tenant-right_a or_o other_o for_o the_o time_n both_o the_o grove_n and_o the_o well_o be_v to_o rest_n to_o he_o and_o he_o as_o their_o propriety_n 24._o and_o when_o abraham_n buy_v the_o field_n and_o cave_n of_o machpelah_n it_o may_v seem_v that_o he_o intend_v to_o make_v no_o 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