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Genesis 21:30
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
American Standard Version
And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Geneva Bible 1599
And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.
Darby Translation
And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, 'For — the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'
Bible in Basic English
And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
29and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
31So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
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