Genesis 21:30 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that you may be a witness for me that I dug this well.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, You are to accept these seven ewe lambs from me as a witness for me that I dug this well. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Abraham said, “These seven lambs that you take from me will attest that I dug this well.” Catholic Public Domain Version But he said, "You will receive seven female lambs from my hand, so that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well. |
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart?”
(Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)
And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.
This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of the Lord which he spoke to us; therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God.”