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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, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet 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, which thou hast set by themselves?
30 And he said, For [these] seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take from my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have digged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.
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