KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 21:27–28
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Genesis 21:27
27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
27And Abraham tooke sheepe and oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and both of them made a couenant.
Genesis 21:28
28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
28And Abraham set seuen ewe lambes of the flocke by themselues.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 21:27
Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A solemn, binding agreement, pledge, or declared arrangement; in Scripture, especially one established by God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 21:28
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The number following six and preceding eight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
A female sheep.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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Open the full verse study13And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
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Open the full verse study15Brethren, 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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Open the full verse study22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
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Open the full verse study28And 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;
29That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.
30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
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Open the full verse study44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
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Open the full verse study8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
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Open the full verse study8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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Open the full verse study16A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
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Open the full verse study24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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Open the full verse study14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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Open the full verse study31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
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