Genesis 21:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Gen 14:22-23 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
  • Gen 26:28-31 : 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now 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 the LORD. 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 Now therefore come thou, 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 gift [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 ¶ A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
  • Prov 21:14 : 14 ¶ A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
  • Ezek 17:13 : 13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
  • Rom 1:31 : 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
  • Gal 3:15 : 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though [it be] but a man's covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

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

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

    30And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

    31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

    32Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief 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 menservants, and womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

    15And 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 Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:

    23Now 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.

    24And Abraham said, I will swear.

    25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

    26And Abimelech said, I wot 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¶ Therefore 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.

    9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended 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.

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

  • Gen 18:7-8
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    7And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave [it] unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

    8And 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.

  • Gen 20:2
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    2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

  • Gen 31:9
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    9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

  • Gen 20:17
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    17So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare [children].

  • Gen 26:28
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    28And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

  • Gen 12:16
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    16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

  • Ps 105:9
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    9Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

  • Gen 32:14
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    14Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

  • Gen 15:9
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    9And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

  • Gen 26:10
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    10And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

  • Gen 26:30
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    30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

  • Gen 25:5
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    5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

  • Gen 22:8
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    8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

  • Gen 24:9
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    9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

  • Gen 14:21
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    21¶ And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

  • Gen 13:5
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    5¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

  • Gen 30:31
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    31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:

  • Gen 23:12
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    12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

  • Gen 22:19
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    19So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

  • Gen 17:23
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    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.