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Genesis 21:29

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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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  1. Genesis 21:27

    And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

  2. Genesis 21:28

    And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

  3. Genesis 21:30

    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.

  4. Genesis 21:31

    Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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