Genesis 21:29

29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What [is the meaning of] these seven ewe-lambs that you have set [off] by themselves?"

Genesis 21:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:29

And Abimelech said unto Abraham
Observing what he had done, and not knowing the design of it: what [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
he understood what the sheep and oxen were for, that they were presents to him, at least some of them, and the rest were for the solemnizing and ratifying the covenant between them; but what these were for he could not devise.

Genesis 21:29 In-Context

27 And Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave [them] to Abimelech. And the two of them {made} a covenant.

28 Then Abraham set [off] seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What [is the meaning of] these seven ewe-lambs that you have set [off] by themselves?"

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

31 Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.