KJV King James Version
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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Genesis 21:27
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
WEB World English Bible
Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
Surrounding context — Genesis 21
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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, 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.
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Isaiah 32:8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.Proverbs 18:24A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.Genesis 31:44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.Ezekiel 17:13And 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:Proverbs 21:14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.Romans 1:31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:Proverbs 17:8A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.Genesis 14:22-23And 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,Genesis 26:28-31And 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;1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.Galatians 3:15Brethren, 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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