Old Testament · VERSE 29

Genesis 21:29

King James Version

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

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Genesis 21:29 in context

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

Genesis 21:29SELECTED VERSE

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

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.

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

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