Genesis 21:29

Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?

Geneva Bible 1599

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 seuen lambes of the flocke by themselues.

30And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:26And when your children aske you, What seruice is this ye keepe?

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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