Genesis 21:30
World English Bible (WEB)
He 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.”
In context
28 Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”
30 He 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.”
31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 21:30 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He 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.”
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he saith, 'For — the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take from my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have digged this well.