Genesis 21:29

Abimelek said to Abraham, What are these seven lambs which thou hast made to stand apart?

Targum Onkelos

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 made seven lambs stand apart; and

30And he said, That thou mayest take the seven lambs seven lambs from my hand, to testify for me that I have digged that well.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:26And it shall be, when your children say to you, What is this service 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 →

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