Genesis 21:27
And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant.
Brenton Septuagint
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 Abraam set seven ewe-lambs by themselves.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,
Genesis 26:31And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbour; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.
Proverbs 18:16A man's gift + 18:16 See Ps. 118. 32.enlarges him, and seats him among princes.
Proverbs 21:14A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.
Ezekiel 17:13And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes 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 →