Genesis 21:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a league or covenant.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Abraham took flocks and cattle, gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them drew up a treaty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And so Abraham took sheep and oxen, and he gave them to Abimelech. And both of them struck a pact.

Genesis 21:27 Cross References

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, I give an example from daily life: once a person’s will has been ratified, no one adds to it or annuls it.

Romans 1:31

foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

Ezekiel 17:13

He took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (he had taken away the chief men of the land),

Isaiah 32:8

But those who are noble plan noble things, and by noble things they stand.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

Proverbs 18:24

Some friends play at friendship, but a true friend sticks closer than one’s sibling.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul.

Genesis 31:44

Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me.”

Genesis 14:13

Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner; these were allies of Abram.

Genesis 21:26

Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”

Genesis 21:28

Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock.