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Genesis 21:27 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Genesis 21:27 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 21 verse 27 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.”
Genesis 21:27 (KJV)
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Commentary on Genesis 21:27
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contrast be...
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Cross-References for Genesis 21:27
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“covenant breakers”
“We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,,And 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;,וַיֹּאמְרוּ רָאוֹ רָאִינוּ כִּי־הָיָה יְהוָה עִמָּךְ וַנֹּאמֶר תְּהִי נָא אָלָה בֵּינוֹתֵינוּ בֵּינֵינוּ וּבֵינֶךָ וְנִכְרְתָה בְרִית עִמָּךְ׃ ,And they said: We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us”
“he prospers.”
“let us make a covenant”
“I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,,And 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,,וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל־מֶלֶךְ סְדֹם הֲרִימֹתִי יָדִי אֶל־יְהוָה אֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ׃ ,And Abram said to the king of Sodom: I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD”
“speaking of human terms”
“But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.”
“and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath”
“strong wrath.”
“because he loved him as his own soul.”