Genesis 21:27
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. And the two made a covenant.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
In Context
28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to LORD, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
Genesis 26:31And they rose up promptly in the morning, and swore one to another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
Proverbs 18:16A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
Ezekiel 17:13And he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33
Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →