Genesis 21:29
Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
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- Gen 33:8 : 8 Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”
- Exod 12:26 : 26 When your children ask you,‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’–
- 1 Sam 15:14 : 14 Samuel replied,“If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”
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- Gen 21:22-287 verses90%
22At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham,“God is with you in all that you do.
23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”
24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”
25But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
26“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”
27Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.
28Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.
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30He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”
31That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
32So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
- Gen 20:8-114 verses77%
8Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.
9Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him,“What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”
10Then Abimelech asked Abraham,“What prompted you to do this thing?”
11Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’
- Gen 20:14-152 verses74%
14So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him.
15Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”
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10Then Abimelech exclaimed,“What in the world have you done to us? One of the men nearly took your wife to bed, and you would have brought guilt on us!”
11So Abimelech commanded all the people,“Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
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5The sons of Heth answered Abraham,
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4Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said,“Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?
5Did Abraham not say to me,‘She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”
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7Isaac said to his father Abraham,“My father?”“What is it, my son?” he replied.“Here is the fire and the wood,” Isaac said,“but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
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17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.
18For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
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9In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
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14Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
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7Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.
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1Abimelech Murders His Brothers Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family,
- Gen 29:2-32 verses69%
2He saw in the field a well with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
3When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth.
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8Then he said to them,“If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar
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24I will take nothing except compensation for what the young men have eaten. As for the share of the men who went with me– Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre– let them take their share.”
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9The LORD said to him,“Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”
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2Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.
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8Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”
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16and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
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26Now Abimelech had come to him from Gerar along with Ahuzzah his friend and Phicol the commander of his army.
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14Samuel replied,“If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”
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14two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
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34“I am the servant of Abraham,” he began.