Verse 28
Genesis 21:28
Bible in Basic English
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And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּצֵּ֣ב אַבְרָהָ֗ם אֶת שֶׁ֛בַע כִּבְשֹׂ֥ת הַ/צֹּ֖אן לְ/בַדְּ/הֶֽן
English Translation
And Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs by themselves.
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Chapter 21 Context
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And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken.
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And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God (Elohi...
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And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac.
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And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God (Elohim) ha...
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Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.
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And Sarah said, God (Elohim) has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will b...
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And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I...
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And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.
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And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.
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So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a...
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And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son.
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But God (Elohim) said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ea...
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And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.
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And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy...
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And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree.
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And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave w...
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And the boy's cry came to the ears of God (Elohim); and the angel of God (Elohim) said to Hagar from...
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Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.
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Then God (Elohim) made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and...
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And God (Elohim) was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in...
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And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
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Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God (El...
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Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God (Elohim), that you will not be false to me or to my...
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And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.
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But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken...
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But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had...
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And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement to...
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And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.
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Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?
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And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
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So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
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So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went bac...
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And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Ete...
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And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.
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