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


In Context

27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a treaty.

28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29 and Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?"

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

31 So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

32 After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to 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 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 American Standard 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 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.