Genesis 21:29

Abimelek asked him, “Why did you put these 7 sheep to one side? What do you mean by that?”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

In Context

28Then Abraham also picked out 7 young female sheep from his animals, and he put them to one side.

30Abraham said, “I want to give you these sheep as a special present. Take them. That’s how you can show people that you agree with me, that I dug that water-hole and that I own it.”

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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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