Genesis 21:27
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 apart seven ewe lambs of the flock.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22And he answered 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 one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home.
1 Samuel 18:3And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.
Proverbs 18:16A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.
Proverbs 21:14A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath.
Ezekiel 17:13And he shall take one of the king's seed, and make a covenant with him, and take an oath of him. Yea, and he shall take away the mighty men 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 →