Génesis 21:27

27 Entonces Abraham le dio a Abimelec algunas de sus ovejas y cabras, y cabezas de ganado, y los dos hicieron un tratado.

Génesis 21:27 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:27

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto
Abimelech
In gratitude for former favours he had received from him, in token of the friendship that subsisted between them, and for the confirmation of it; and to show that he was fully satisfied with Abimelech's answer to his complaint, as well as willing to enter into covenant by sacrifice, when such creatures were divided, and the covenanters passed between the pieces, for so it follows: and both of them made a covenant;
or, "cut or struck a covenant" ^F19; cut the sacrifice in pieces and passed between them, in token of the compact and agreement they entered into with each other; signifying that whoever broke it deserved to be cut in pieces as those creatures were.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (wtrky) "foedus percusserunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "secuerunt", Cocceius.

Génesis 21:27 In-Context

25 Entonces Abraham se quejó con Abimelec por un pozo que los siervos de Abimelec habían quitado por la fuerza a los siervos de Abraham.

26 —No sabía nada —respondió Abimelec—. No tengo idea de quién es el responsable. Nunca antes te has quejado de este asunto.

27 Entonces Abraham le dio a Abimelec algunas de sus ovejas y cabras, y cabezas de ganado, y los dos hicieron un tratado.

28 Pero Abraham además tomó otras siete corderas y las puso aparte.

29 Y Abimelec preguntó:
—¿Por qué has puesto estas siete separadas de los demás?