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Genesis 21:27

World English Bible

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

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

Genesis 21:27 · American Standard Version

Genesis 21:27 in context

  1. 25Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
  2. 26Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it until today.”
  3. 27Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
  4. 28Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
  5. 29Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”