Genesis 21:29

29 cui dixit Abimelech quid sibi volunt septem agnae istae quas stare fecisti seorsum

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 tulit itaque Abraham oves et boves et dedit Abimelech percusseruntque ambo foedus

28 et statuit Abraham septem agnas gregis seorsum

29 cui dixit Abimelech quid sibi volunt septem agnae istae quas stare fecisti seorsum

30 at ille septem inquit agnas accipies de manu mea ut sint in testimonium mihi quoniam ego fodi puteum istum

31 idcirco vocatus est locus ille Bersabee quia ibi uterque iuraverunt