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Genesis 21:29
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What, then mean these seven young sheep here, which thou hast set by themselves?
Genesis 21:29 · Rotherham Emphasised 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?
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”
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In context
26 And Abimelech said, I know not, who hath done this thing,—nor hast even thou, ever told me, nor have even I, ever heard, save to-day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave to Abimelech,—and they two solemnised a covenant
28 So then Abraham set seven young sheep of the flock by them-selves,
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What, then mean these seven young sheep here, which thou hast set by themselves?
30 And he said, The seven young sheep, shalt thou take at my hand,—that they may serve as my witness, that I digged this well.
31 On this account, was the name of that place called Beer-sheba [="oath well"],—because there, had they two sworn.
32 And when they had solemnised a covenant in Beer-sheba,—then arose Abimelech, with Phicol chief of his host, and returned unto the land of the Philistines.
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