Genesis 21:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He replied, ‘You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from me so that this act will serve as my witness that I dug this well.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, ‘Why have you separated these seven ewe lambs? ’
Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with soil.
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. He gave them the same names his father had given them.
This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.
And Joshua said to all the people, ‘You see this stone #– #it will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the Lord said to us, and it will be a witness against you, so that you will not deny your God.’