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Genesis 21:29-31
Wycliffe Bible
Genesis 21:29-31
Wycliffe Bible
29 And Abimelech said to him, What will these seven ewe lambs (mean) to themselves, which thou madest stand asides half? (And Abimelech said to him, What mean ye with these seven ewe lambs, which thou hast made to stand aside?)
30 And he said, Thou shalt take of mine hand seven ewe lambs, that those be into witnessing to me, for I digged this well. (And he said, Take thou these seven ewe lambs from me, and by accepting them, thou agreeth that I have dug this well.)
31 Therefore that place was called Beersheba, (that is, The Well of the Oath[a],) for ever either swore there;
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- Genesis 21:31 “Beersheba” also means “the Well of the Seven”.
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2001 by Terence P. Noble