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Genesis 21:30 KJV
Genesis · chapter 21 · verse 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.Genesis 21:30 · King James Version
Genesis 21:30 in context
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.
32Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- witnessʻêdâhtestimonyH5713 →
- diggedchâpharproperly, to pry intoH2658 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- lambskibsâha eweH3535 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- takelâqachto takeH3947 →
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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