Genesis 21:30
He 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 Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty. 28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock, 29 and Abimelek 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, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
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- KJV King James Version
— Genesis 21:30 in the KJV
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.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Genesis 21:30 in the ESV
He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this may be a witness for me that I dug this well.”