Genesis 21:27

And Abraham takes sheep and oxen, and gives to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

Literal Standard 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

26and Abimelech says, “I have not known who has done this thing, and even you did not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard except today.”

28and Abraham sets seven lambs of the flock by themselves.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:22and Abram says to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to YHWH, God Most High, possessing the heavens and earth—

Genesis 26:31and rise early in the morning, and swear to one another, and Isaac sends them away, and they go from him in peace.

1 Samuel 18:3And Jonathan makes—David also—a covenant, because he loves him as his own soul,

Proverbs 18:16The gift of a man makes room for him, || And it leads him before the great.

Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret pacifies anger, || And a bribe in the bosom—strong fury.

Ezekiel 17:13And he takes of the seed of the kingdom, || And makes a covenant with him, || And brings him into an oath, || And he has taken 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 →

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