Genesis 21:30
“And he said, For these seuen ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witnesse vnto me, that I haue digged this well.”
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Genesis 21:30 Context
28And Abraham set seuen ewe lambes of the flocke by themselues. 29And Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen ewe lambes, which thou hast set by themselues? 30And he said, For these seuen ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witnesse vnto me, that I haue digged this well. 31Wherefore he called that place, Beer-sheba: because there they sware both of them. 32Thus they made a couenant at Beeer-sheba: then Abimelech rose vp, and Phichol the chiefe captaine of his hoste, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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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.
- King James Version
He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby 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.
- Webster's 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."
- World English Bible
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;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible