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Genesis 21

Gen. 21:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
sheep
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
and oxen
baqar (Hebrew #1241)
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
KJV usage: beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
Pronounce: baw-kawr'
Origin: from 1239
, and gave
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
them unto Abimelech
'Abiymelek (Hebrew #40)
father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
KJV usage: Abimelech.
Pronounce: ab-ee-mel'-ek
Origin: from 1 and 4428
; and both of them
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
k made
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
a covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
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Gen. 31:44• 44And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee. (Gen. 31:44)
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1 Sam. 18:3• 3And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. (1 Sam. 18:3)

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Abimelech,
Abraham,
Covenant,
Ox; Oxen,
Sheep

Cross References

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took.
Gen. 14:22‑23• 22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High *God, possessor of heavens and earth,
 23if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take anything …; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich; (Gen. 14:22‑23)
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Prov. 17:8• 8A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth. (Prov. 17:8)
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Prov. 18:16,24• 16A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
 24A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:16,24)
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Prov. 21:14• 14A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a present in the bosom, vehement fury. (Prov. 21:14)
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Isa. 32:8• 8But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand. (Isa. 32:8)
made.
Gen. 26:28‑31• 28And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us--between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
 29that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.
 30And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
 31And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (Gen. 26:28‑31)
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Gen. 31:44• 44And now, come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be a witness between me and thee. (Gen. 31:44)
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1 Sam. 18:3• 3And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. (1 Sam. 18:3)
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Ezek. 17:13• 13And he took of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and he took away the mighty of the land; (Ezek. 17:13)
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Rom. 1:31• 31void of understanding, faithless, without natural affection, unmerciful; (Rom. 1:31)
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Gal. 3:15• 15Brethren, (I speak according to man,) even man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds other dispositions to. (Gal. 3:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.