²⁷ And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

²² 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,

²³ That 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:

³¹ Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

¹³ And 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:

⁸ But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

¹⁴ A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

²⁴ A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

¹⁶ A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

⁸ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

³ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

⁴⁴ Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

²⁸ 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;

²⁹ That 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.

³⁰ And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

³¹ And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

¹⁵ Brethren, 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.