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Genesis 21:27 KJV
Genesis · chapter 21 · verse 27
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.Genesis 21:27 · King James Version
Genesis 21:27 in context
25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
26And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AbimelechʼĂbîymelekAbimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two IsraelitesH40 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- sheeptsôʼna collective name for a flockH6629 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
- oxenbâqârbeef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either genderH1241 →
- gavenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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We have here an account of the treaty between Abimelech and Abraham, in which appears the accomplishment of that promise (Gen 12:2) that God would make his name great. His friendship is valued, is courted, though a stranger, though a tenant at will to the Canaanites and Perizzites. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-32