Genesis 21:30

30 Abraham answered, "Accept these lambs from me to prove that you believe I dug this well."

Genesis 21:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:30

And he said
That is, Abraham replied to Abimelech: for these seven ewe lambs shall thou take of my hand;
as a present from him, to be retained as his own: that they may be a witness to me that I have digged this well:
these were to be a testimony that the well that had been taken away from Abraham was one that he had dug, and was his property, and which Abimelech acknowledged by his acceptance of these seven lambs; and very probably Abraham received a note from the hand of Abimelech, owning his reception of the seven lambs, and his title to the well, which these were a witness of.

Genesis 21:30 In-Context

28 Abraham also put seven female lambs in front of Abimelech.

29 Abimelech asked Abraham, "Why did you put these seven female lambs by themselves?"

30 Abraham answered, "Accept these lambs from me to prove that you believe I dug this well."

31 So that place was called Beersheban because they made a promise to each other there.

32 After Abraham and Abimelech made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.