Genesis 21:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

To give a human example, brethren: no one annuls even a man's will, or adds to it, once it has been ratified.

Romans 1:31

foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

Ezekiel 17:13

And he took one of the seed royal and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. (The chief men of the land he had taken away,

Isaiah 32:8

But he who is noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret averts anger; and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.

Proverbs 18:24

There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:16

A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.

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 thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”

Genesis 21:28

Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart.