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Genesis 21:29
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
Genesis 21:29 · Berean Standard Bible
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Genesis 21:29 in other translations
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”
Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"
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In context
26 Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
28 Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
29 and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
30 He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
32 After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
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