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Genesis 21:30
And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.
Genesis 21:30 · Geneva Bible
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Genesis 21:30 in other translations
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.
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
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In context
27 Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.
28 And Abraham set seuen lambes of the flocke by themselues.
29 Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?
30 And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.
31 Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware.
32 Thus made they a couenant at Beer-sheba: afterward Abimelech and Phichol his chiefe captaine rose vp, and turned againe vnto the land of the Philistims.
33 And Abraham planted a groue in Beer-sheba, and called there on the Name of ye Lord, the euerlasting God.
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