Genesis 21:29

Abimelech said to him, “What purpose have these seven female lambs, which you have caused to stand separately?”

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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 set aside seven female lambs from the flock.

30But he said, “You will receive seven female lambs from my hand, so that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.”

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Cross References

Exodus 12:26And when your sons will say to you, ‘What is the meaning of this religious observance?’

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 →

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