It's interesting that God spoke directly to Abimelech through a dream in Genesis 20. He didn't speak through a prophet and the dream required no interpreter. It was just God and a Philistine king. The following text indicates that Abraham and Abimelech had a great deal of respect for each other. I wonder if the Philistines weren't so bad at first and, like the Israelites, were corrupted by their Canaanite neighbors.
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