Genesis 21:27

American Standard Version (1901)

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.

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  • Gen 14:22-23 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
  • Gen 26:28-31 : 28 And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee, 29 that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of Jehovah. 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
  • Gen 31:44 : 44 And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
  • 1 Sam 18:3 : 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
  • Prov 17:8 : 8 A bribe is [as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
  • Prov 18:16 : 16 A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.
  • Prov 18:24 : 24 He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
  • Prov 21:14 : 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.
  • Ezek 17:13 : 13 and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
  • Rom 1:31 : 31 without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:
  • Gal 3:15 : 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

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  • Gen 21:28-32
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    28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

    29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

    30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

    31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

    32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

  • Gen 20:14-15
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    14 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

    15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

  • Gen 21:22-26
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    22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the 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 reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

    26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.

  • Gen 20:8-10
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    8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

    9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

    10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

  • Gen 18:7-8
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    7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it.

    8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

  • 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

  • 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

  • 17 And Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bare children.

  • 28 And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,

  • 16 And he dealt well with Abram for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

  • 9 [ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

  • 14 two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

  • 9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

  • 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

  • 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

  • 5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

  • 8 And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together.

  • 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

  • 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

  • 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

  • 5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

  • 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

  • 12 And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.

  • 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

  • 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.