NET Bible
"Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”"
— Genesis 21:29, NET Bible
“And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?”
“And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? ”
“Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"”
“And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?”
“Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?”
“And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?”
“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”
Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.
Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.
Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”
That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.