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;'


In Context

27 And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

28 and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What are they — these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

30 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;'

31 therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.

32 And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth — Phichol also, head of his host — and they turn back unto 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 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 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.