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Genesis 21:29-31
Common English Bible
Genesis 21:29-31
Common English Bible
29 So Abimelech said to Abraham, “What are these seven lambs you’ve set apart?”
30 Abraham said, “These seven lambs that you take from me will attest that I dug this well.” 31 Therefore, the name of that place is Beer-sheba[a] because there they gave each other their word.
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- Genesis 21:31 Or Well of seven; or Well of giving one’s word
Genesis 21:29-31
King James Version
Genesis 21:29-31
King James Version
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30 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.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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