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Genesis 21:29

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Genesis 21:29 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

    BBE

  • And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?

    DBY

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

    WEB

  • And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What `are' they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

    YLT

  • And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

    BSB

In context

27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

30And 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.

31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

Cross-references

People in this verse

  • Abraham
  • Abimelech

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