Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 21:29
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Berean Standard Bible
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
King James Version
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
World English Bible
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”
American Standard Version
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Genesis 21
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?”
31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
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