Genesis 21:27
Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
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- Gen 14:22-23 : 22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
- Gen 26:28-31 : 28 They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh." 30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drink. 31 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- Gen 31:44 : 44 Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."
- 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 a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
- Prov 18:16 : 16 A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.
- Prov 18:24 : 24 A man of many companions may be ruined, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Prov 21:14 : 14 A gift in secret pacifies anger; And a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
- Isa 32:8 : 8 But the noble devises 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, unforgiving, unmerciful;
- Gal 3:15 : 15 Brothers, I speak like men. Though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
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28 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"
30 He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."
31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba,{Beersheba can mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."} because they both swore there.
32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
- Gen 20:14-152 verses78%
14 Abimelech took sheep and oxen, men-servants and women-servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife to him.
15 Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."
- Gen 21:22-265 verses76%
22 It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
24 Abraham said, "I will swear."
25 Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26 Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today."
- Gen 20:8-103 verses73%
8 Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
10 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"
- Gen 18:7-82 verses73%
7 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
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2 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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9 Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
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17 Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore children.
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28 They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
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16 He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and female donkeys, and camels.
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9 The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,
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14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
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9 He said to him, "Take me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon."
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10 Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"
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30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drink.
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5 Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,
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8 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.
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21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."
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9 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
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21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."
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5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
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31 He said, "What shall I give you?" Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
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12 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
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19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
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23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.