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Genesis 21:29

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And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

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Genesis 21:29 in other translations

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”

Genesis 21:29 · World English Bible

Genesis 21:29 in context

  1. 27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.
  2. 28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
  3. 29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
  4. 30And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
  5. 31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.