Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
- BSB So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
- NKJV So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
- NASB So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
- NLT Abraham then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty.
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- Ezek 17:13He took some of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
- Gen 14:22–23Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
- Prov 17:8A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
- Isa 32:8But the noble devises noble things; and he will continue in noble things.
- Gal 3:15Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
- Prov 18:24A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Gen 31:44Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you.”
- Prov 18:16A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
- Gen 26:28–31They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
- Prov 21:14A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
- Rom 1:31without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
- 1 Sam 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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