Genesis 21:27
And Avraham took tzon and oxen, and gave them unto Avimelech; and both of them made a brit.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 Avraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the tzon by themselves.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22And Avram said to the Melech Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand unto Hashem, El Elyon Possessor of Shomayim va'Aretz,
Genesis 26:31And they rose up early in the boker, and swore one to another: and Yitzchak sent them away, and they departed from him in shalom.
1 Samuel 18:3Then Yonatan and Dovid made a brit (covenant), because he loved him as his own nefesh.
Proverbs 18:16The mattan adam (gift of a man) openeth the way for him, 1 and bringeth him before gedolim. 1
Proverbs 21:14A mattan (gift) in secret pacifieth af (anger), 1 and a shochad (bribe) in the kheyk (bosom), + 21:14 i.e., a concealed bribe strong wrath. 1
Ezekiel 17:13And hath taken of the royal zera, and cut a Brit with him, and hath taken an oath of him; he hath also taken away the mighty of ha'aretz;
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 →