Genesis 21:29

29 and Abimelech asked him, "Why did you do that?"

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 Then Abraham gave some sheep and cattle to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement.

28 Abraham separated seven lambs from his flock,

29 and Abimelech asked him, "Why did you do that?"

30 Abraham answered, "Accept these seven lambs. By doing this, you admit that I am the one who dug this well."

31 And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.