Genesis 21:27

And Abraham toke sheepe and Oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: & they made both of them a leage together.

Bible (Bishops')

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

26And Abimelech said, I wote not who hath done this thing: also thou toldest me not, neyther hearde I [of it] but this day.

28And Abraham set seuen ewe lambes by them selues.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:22And Abram aunswered the kyng of Sodome: I haue lyft vp my hande vnto the Lord the hye God, possessour of heauen and earth,

Genesis 26:31And they rose vp betymes in the mornyng, and sware one to another: And Isahac sent them away, and they departed from hym in peace.

Proverbs 18:16A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men.

Proverbs 21:14A priuie rewarde pacifieth displeasure: and a gyft in the bosome [stylleth] furiousnesse.

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 →

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