Genesis 21:29

29 Abimelech asked Abraham, "What's the meaning of these seven female lambs? Why have you taken them out and put them by themselves?"

Genesis 21:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:29

And Abimelech said unto Abraham
Observing what he had done, and not knowing the design of it: what [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
he understood what the sheep and oxen were for, that they were presents to him, at least some of them, and the rest were for the solemnizing and ratifying the covenant between them; but what these were for he could not devise.

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Genesis 21:29 In-Context

27 So Abraham gave Abimelech sheep and cattle. The two men made a peace treaty.
28 Then Abraham took out seven female lambs from his flock.
29 Abimelech asked Abraham, "What's the meaning of these seven female lambs? Why have you taken them out and put them by themselves?"
30 Abraham replied, "Accept the seven lambs from me. They will be a witness that I dug this well."
31 That place was named Beersheba. That's because there the two men made a promise with an oath.
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