Genesis 21:29
Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
In Context
28And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.
30And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
Cross References
Exodus 12:26And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33
Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →