Genesis 21:27
Abraham [Father of a multitude] took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech [My father king]. Those two made a covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·.
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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
28Abraham [Father of a multitude] set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22Avram [Exalted father] said to the king of Sodom [Burning], “I have lifted up my hand to Adonai, El 'Elyon [Yahweh, God Most High], possessor of heaven and earth,
Genesis 26:31They rose up some time in the morning, and swore to one another. Isaac [Laughter] sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift makes room for him, 2 and brings him before great men. 1
Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret pacifies anger; 2 and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath. 1
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 →