Genesis 21:29
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
In context
27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
28 Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
29 and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
30 He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Genesis 21:29 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
- KJV King James Version
- And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
- WEB World English Bible
- Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What [are] they — these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set by themselves?