Génesis 21:29

29 Y dijo Abimelec a Abraham: ¿Qué significan esas siete corderas que has puesto aparte

Génesis 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.

Génesis 21:29 In-Context

27 Y tomó Abraham ovejas y vacas, y dio a Abimelec; e hicieron ambos alianza

28 Y puso Abraham siete corderas del rebaño aparte

29 Y dijo Abimelec a Abraham: ¿Qué significan esas siete corderas que has puesto aparte

30 Y él respondió: Que estas siete corderas tomarás de mi mano, para que me sean en testimonio de que yo cavé este pozo

31 Por esto llamó a aquel lugar Beerseba; porque allí juraron ambos