20. God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.
21. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
22. At that time Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.
23. Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”