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Genesis 21:28
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Genesis 21:28 · King James Version
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Genesis 21:28 in other translations
Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30 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.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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