So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
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.
foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
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),
But those who are noble plan noble things, and by noble things they stand.
A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
Some friends play at friendship, but a true friend sticks closer than one’s sibling.
A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great.
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.
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; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”
Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock.