And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave to Abimelech, and both of them cut a covenant.
And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew; for he was living among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner. And they were possessor of a covenant with Abram.
And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; and also you have not told me; even I have not heard, except today.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And now come, let us cut a covenant, you and me; and let it be a witness between you and me.
A bribe is a stone of favor in the eyes of its owner, everywhere he turns he is shrewd.
A man’s bribe makes room for him, and it leads him before the great.
A man of friends may be broken up, but there is a Lover who sticks closer than a brother.
A gift in secret subdues anger; yea, a bribe in the bosom quiets fierce fury.
But the noble one counsels noble things; and he rises up by noble things.
And he took of the royal seed, and he has cut with him a covenant and has made him enter into an oath. And he took the mighty of the land,
without understanding, untrustworthy ones, without affection, implacable ones, unmerciful,
Brothers, I speak according to man, a covenant having been ratified, even among mankind, no one annuls or adds to it.
And Jonathan and David cut a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.