Genesis 21:28
And Abraham made seven lambs stand apart; and
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
In Context
27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave to Abimelek, and they struck both of them a covenant.
29Abimelek said to Abraham, What are these seven lambs which thou hast made to stand apart?
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 →