Genesis 21:27
Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 Abraham set seuen lambes of the flocke by themselues.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lord the most hie God possessor of heauen and earth,
Genesis 26:31And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: then Izhak let them go, and they departed from him in peace.
1 Samuel 18:3Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.
Proverbs 18:16A mans gift enlargeth him, and leadeth him before great men.
Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
Ezekiel 17:13And hath taken one of the Kings seede, and made a couenant with him, and hath taken an othe of him: he hath also taken 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 →