Genesis 21:27

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 14:13

Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew [one from the other side], who was living by the oaks or terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and of Aner–these were allies of Abram.

Genesis 21:26

Abimelech said, I know not who did this thing; you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today.

Genesis 21:28

Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock,

Genesis 31:44

So come now, let us make a covenant or league, you and I, and let it be for a witness between you and me.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns.

Proverbs 18:16

A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. [Gen. 32:20; I Sam. 25:27; Prov. 17:8; 21:14.]

Proverbs 18:24

The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifies and turns away anger, and a bribe in the lap, strong wrath.

Isaiah 32:8

But the noble, openhearted, and liberal man devises noble things; and he stands for what is noble, openhearted, and generous.

Ezekiel 17:13

And he took one of the royal family [the king's uncle, Zedekiah] and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took the mighty and chief men of the land, [II Kings 24:17.]

Romans 1:31

[They were] without understanding, conscienceless and faithless, heartless and loveless [and] merciless.

Galatians 3:15

To speak in terms of human relations, brethren, [if] even a man makes a last will and testament (a merely human covenant), no one sets it aside or makes it void or adds to it when once it has been drawn up and signed (ratified, confirmed).

1 Samuel 18:3

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