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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• 44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. (Gen. 31:44)
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1 Sam. 18:3• 3Then 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 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: (Gen. 14:22‑23)
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Prov. 17:8• 8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: 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 that hath friends must show himself friendly: and 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 reward in the bosom strong wrath. (Prov. 21:14)
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Isa. 32:8• 8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. (Isa. 32:8)
made.
Gen. 26:28‑31• 28And 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. (Gen. 26:28‑31)
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Gen. 31:44• 44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. (Gen. 31:44)
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1 Sam. 18:3• 3Then 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 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: (Ezek. 17:13)
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Rom. 1:31• 31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: (Rom. 1:31)
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Gal. 3:15• 15Brethren, 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. (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.