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.|


In Context

27 Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

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 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 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 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 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.