Genesis 21:27
And so Abraham took sheep and oxen, and he gave them to Abimelech. And both of them struck a pact.
Catholic Public Domain 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 aside seven female lambs from the flock.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22And he responded to him: “I lift up my hand to the Lord God, the Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth,
Genesis 26:31arising in the morning, they swore to one another. And Isaac sent them away peacefully to their own place.
1 Samuel 18:3Then David and Jonathan formed a pact. For he loved him like his own soul.
Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift expands his way and makes space for him before leaders.
Proverbs 21:14A surprise gift extinguishes anger. And a gift concealed in the bosom extinguishes the greatest indignation.
Ezekiel 17:13And he will take one from the offspring of the king, and he will strike a pact with him and receive an oath from him. Moreover, he will take away the strong ones 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 →