Genesis 21:29
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
In Context
28Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
30He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
Cross References
Exodus 12:26When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
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 →