Verse 30
Genesis 21:30
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֚י אֶת שֶׁ֣בַע כְּבָשֹׂ֔ת תִּקַּ֖ח מִ/יָּדִ֑/י בַּ/עֲבוּר֙ תִּֽהְיֶה לִּ֣/י לְ/עֵדָ֔ה כִּ֥י חָפַ֖רְתִּי אֶת הַ/בְּאֵ֥ר הַ/זֹּֽאת
English Translation
And he said, "For you shall take seven lambs from my hand; it shall be a witness to me because I have dug this well."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
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And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God (Elohim) ha...
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And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
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And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God (Elohim) had commanded him.
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And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
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And Sarah said, God (Elohim) hath made me to laugh; everyone that heareth will laugh with me.
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And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have bor...
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And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.
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Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid sh...
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And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.
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And God (Elohim) said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and beca...
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And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
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And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hag...
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And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said,...
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And God (Elohim) heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God (Elohim) called to Hagar out of he...
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Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.
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And God (Elohim) opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle w...
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And God (Elohim) was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he gr...
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21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abrah...
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now therefore swear unto me here by God (Elohim) that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with m...
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And Abraham said, I will swear.
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And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violentl...
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And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet hea...
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And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.
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And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, tha...
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Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, an...
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And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Ever...
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And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
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