Genesis 21:29

Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"

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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 set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

30He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."

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Cross References

Exodus 12:26It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

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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