Genesis 21:30 - 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. 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." English Standard Version 2016 He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this may be a witness for me that I dug this well.” |
And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart?
Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father Abraham had digged, filling them up with earth:
And he digged again other wells, which the servants of his father Abraham had digged, and which, after his death, the Palestines had of old stopped up. And he called them by the same names by which his father before had called them.
Shall be a witness: this heap, I say, and the stone, be they for a testimony, if either I shall pass beyond it going towards thee, or thou shalt pass beyond it, thinking harm to me.
And he said to all the people: Behold, this stone shall be a testimony unto you, that it hath heard all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken to you: lest perhaps hereafter you will deny it, and lie to the Lord your God.