Genesis 21:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?

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  • Gen 33:8 : 8 And he said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
  • Exod 12:26 : 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'
  • 1 Sam 15:14 : 14 And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

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    22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.

    23 Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

    24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

    25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

    26 And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.

    27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and both of them made a covenant.

    28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

  • Gen 21:30-32
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    30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that they may be a witness that I have dug this well.

    31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath.

    32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

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    8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were very afraid.

    9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and what wrong have I done to you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that should not be done.

    10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see, that you have done this thing?

    11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

  • Gen 20:14-15
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    14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and male servants, and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.

    15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: live where it pleases you.

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    10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? one of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.

    11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

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    5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

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    4 But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation?

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    17 So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants; and they bore children.

    18 For the LORD had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

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    9 So God has taken away the cattle of your father and given them to me.

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    14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

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    7 And Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it to a young man; and he hurried to prepare it.

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    2 And he looked and saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying by it; for they watered the flocks from that well, and a large stone was on the well's mouth.

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    24 except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion."

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    2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

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    8 And he said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

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    16 And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

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    26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

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    14 And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

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    34 So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.