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Genesis 21:29 KJV
Genesis · chapter 21 · verse 29
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?Genesis 21:29 · King James Version
Genesis 21:29 in context
27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30And 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.
31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AbimelechʼĂbîymelekAbimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two IsraelitesH40 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- lambskibsâha eweH3535 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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We have here an account of the treaty between Abimelech and Abraham, in which appears the accomplishment of that promise (Gen 12:2) that God would make his name great. His friendship is valued, is courted, though a stranger, though a tenant at will to the Canaanites and Perizzites. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-32