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Genesis 21:30

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21:30He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof54 that I dug this well.”55

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  1. 54 Heb “that it be for me for a witness.”
  2. 55 This well. Since the king wanted a treaty to share in Abraham’s good fortune, Abraham used the treaty to secure ownership of and protection for the well he dug. It would be useless to make a treaty to live in this territory if he had no rights to the water. Abraham consented to the treaty, but added his rider to it.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Abraham replied, “Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “You shall take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand as proof on my behalf that I dug this well.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.