All the officials and people who entered into covenant to let their male and female slaves go free #– #in order not to enslave them any longer #– #obeyed and let them go free.
On that day – this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies – I will break his yoke from your neck and tear off your chains, and strangers will never again enslave him.
They let themselves be seen by the Philistine garrison, and the Philistines said, ‘Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they’ve been hiding! ’
The Philistines heard the sound of the war cry and asked, ‘What’s this loud shout in the Hebrews’ camp? ’ When the Philistines discovered that the ark of the Lord had entered the camp,
They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.
One of the survivors came and told Abram the Hebrew, who lived near the oaks belonging to Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner. They were bound by a treaty with Abram.