KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 21:27–29
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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.
Genesis 21:29
29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
29And Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen ewe lambes, which thou hast set 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)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 21:29
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To intend or signify; also common, low in rank, or humble, according to context.
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)
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 27
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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:
From verse 29
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Open the full verse study26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
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Open the full verse study8And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
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Open the full verse study14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
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