And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. Treasury of Scripture took. Genesis 14:22,23 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up my hand to the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth... Proverbs 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever it turns, it prospers. Proverbs 18:16,24 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men... Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. Isaiah 32:8 But the liberal devises liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. made. Genesis 26:28-31 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you... Genesis 31:44 Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you. 1 Samuel 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. Ezekiel 17:13 And has taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath of him: he has also taken the mighty of the land: Romans 1:31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Galatians 3:15 Brothers, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man cancels, or adds thereto.
Context The Covenant at Beersheba
22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do: 23Now 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 wherein you have 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 know not who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. 28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves? 30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have dig this well. 31Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore 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. 33And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. 34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech. And they two made a covenant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.
Darby Bible Translation
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
King James Bible
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Young's Literal Translation
And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;
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