30And 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.


In Context

27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech. And they two made a covenant.

28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

30 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.

31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.

32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 21:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:30And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:30He replied, "Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:30But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:30And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:30And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:30And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:30He 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:30And 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;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have dig this well.