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Sforno on Genesis 21:32/ספורנו על בראשית כ״א:ל״ב

אוַיָּשׁוּבוּ אֶל אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים. שָׁבוּ מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה בְּאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים, שֶׁהָלְכוּ שָׁם לְדַבֵּר עִם אַבְרָהָם שֶׁהָלַךְ שָׁם לִרְאוֹת מִקְנֵהוּ, וְשָׁם נָתַן צֹאן וּבָקָר וְכִבְשׂוֹת לִכְרוֹת הַבְּרִית.
1וישובו אל ארץ פלשתים, they returned from Beer Sheva, i.e. proof that Beer Sheva was not part of the land of the Philistines. They had gone there only to speak with Avraham who had gone there to see how his livestock was faring. This is where he tendered the gift to confirm the covenant they had made.