‘And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and they two made a covenant.'

Abraham makes a payment to Abimelech. He recognises that this is Abimelech's territory and that compensation must be paid for the use of certain facilities (compare the tithes paid to Mechizedek (14:20). ‘And they made a treaty'. Terms of agreement are hammered out.

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