Scripture · Old Testament

Genesis 21:29

Genesis 21:29 is verse 29 of Genesis chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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

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

Genesis 21:27–31 · Berean Standard Bible

27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28 Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

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

30 He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

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