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Genesis 21:28
And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
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Genesis 21:28 in other translations
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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In context
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this, neither hast thou told me [of it], neither have I heard [of it] but to-day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?
30 And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.
31 Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
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