Genesis 21:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart mean?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Common English Bible

²⁹ So Abimelech said to Abraham, “What are these seven lambs you’ve set apart?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Abimelech said to him, "What purpose have these seven female lambs, which you have caused to stand separately?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart?

Genesis 21:29 Cross References

Genesis 21:28

Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock.

Genesis 21:30

He said, “These seven ewe lambs you shall accept from my hand in order that you may be a witness for me that I dug this well.”

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor with my lord.”

Exodus 12:26

And when your children ask you, ‘What does this observance mean to you?’

1 Samuel 15:14

But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears and the lowing of cattle that I hear?”