Genesis 21:30

And he said, The seven young sheep, shalt thou take at my hand,—that they may serve as my witness, that I digged this well.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

In Context

29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What, then mean these seven young sheep here, which thou hast set by themselves?

31On this account, was the name of that place called Beer-sheba [="oath well"],—because there, had they two sworn.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:18And Isaac again digged the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines stopped up after the death of Abraham,—and he called their names, after the names which his father called them.

Genesis 31:52A witness, be this heap, and, a witness, the pillar,—That, I, am not to pass, unto thee, over this heap, And, thou, art not to pass, unto me, over this heap and this pillar for harm.

Joshua 24:27And Joshua said unto all the people—Lo! this stone, shall serve against us as a witness, for, it, hath heard all the sayings of Yahweh, which he hath spoken with us,—so shall it serve against you as a witness, lest ye should act deceptively against your God.

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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