So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified.
foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
And he took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (the chief men of the land he had taken away),
But he who is noble plans noble things, and on noble things he stands.
A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I. And let it be a witness between you and me.”
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.
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.”
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart.