Genesis 21:27 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 21:27

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

KJV

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ASV

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.

WEB

So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

YLT

And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

DBT

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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Isaiah 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Genesis 31:44
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
Genesis 26:28–31
And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Galatians 3:15
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

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And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well--Wells were of great importance to a pastoral chief and on the successful operation of sinking a new one, the owner was solemnly informed in person.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The interchanging of kind offices is the improving of love: that which is mine is my friend's. He ratified the covenant by an oath, and registered it by giving a new name to the place (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Cast out the bond-woman - This was a type of the rejection of the unbelieving Jews, who, though they were the seed of Abraham, yet, because they submitted not to the gospel-covenant, were unchurched and disfranchised. And that, which above any thing provoked God to cast them off, was, their mocking and persecuting the gospel-church, God's Isaac, in his infancy.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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