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Genesis 21:27

Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

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Genesis 21:27 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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

NHEB New Heart English Bible

Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

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In context

24 Abraham said, “I will swear.”

25 Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

26 Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it until today.”

27 Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

28 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”

30 He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”

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