And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart?”
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart.
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.”
Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”
And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’
And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”