Genesis 21:29

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

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  • Gen 33:8 : 8 'What do you mean by all these camps I met?' Esau inquired. Jacob replied, 'To find favor in the eyes of my lord.'
  • Exod 12:26 : 26 When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'
  • 1 Sam 15:14 : 14 But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'

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    22 At that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, 'God is with you in everything you do.'

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    24 Abraham said, 'I swear it.'

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    26 But Abimelech said, 'I do not know who did this. You did not tell me, and I have only heard about it today.'

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

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