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After a dispute over a well, Abraham made a covenant with Abimelech:

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. (Genesis 21:27-31)

Obviously, the most important covenants in the Bible are those made by God. But this is example of a man-made covenant. The Dake Annotated Reference Bible lists other man-made covenants in Scripture, on page 19 of the Old Testament:

Twenty-two Man-Made Covenants (Gen. 21:27)

  1. Abraham with Abimelech (Gen. 21:27-34)
  2. Isaac with Abimelech (Gen. 26:26-31)
  3. Jacob with God (Gen. 28:20)
  4. Jacob with Laban (Gen. 31:44-45)
  5. Joshua with Gibeonites (Josh. 9:15)
  6. Joshua with Israel (Josh. 24:25-28)
  7. Jonathan with David (1 Sam. 18:3; 20:8, 16, 42; 23:18; 2 Sam. 21:7)
  8. David with Abner (2 Sam. 3:12-21)
  9. David with Israel (2 Sam. 5:3; 1 Chr. 11:3)
  10. Solomon with Hiram (1 Ki. 5:12)
  11. Asa with Ben-hadad (1 Ki. 15:19-20)
  12. Asa with Judah (2 Chr. 15:12)
  13. Ahab with Ben-hadad (1 Ki. 20:34)
  14. Johoiada with Judah (2 Ki. 11:4, 17)
  15. Josiah with Judah (2 Ki. 23:3)
  16. Asa with God (2 Chr. 15:8-15)
  17. Hezekiah with God (2 Chr. 29:10)
  18. Ezra with Israel (Ezra 10:3; Neh. 10:29)
  19. Zedekiah with Judah (Jer. 34:8)
  20. Nebuchadnezzar with Judah (Ezek. 17:13)
  21. Israel with Assyrians (Hos. 12:1)
  22. Judas with Pharisees (Mt. 26:15)

     

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