Genesis 21:27

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

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,

An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.

A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.

And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land:

Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:

Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.