Catholic Public Domain Version
"But he said, “You will receive seven female lambs from my hand, so that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.” "
— Genesis 21:30, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.”
“And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. ”
“He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."”
“He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.””
“But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.”
“And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.”
“And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.”
And so Abraham took sheep and oxen, and he gave them to Abimelech. And both of them struck a pact.
And Abraham set aside seven female lambs from the flock.
Abimelech said to him, “What purpose have these seven female lambs, which you have caused to stand separately?”
But he said, “You will receive seven female lambs from my hand, so that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.”
For this reason, that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them did swear.
And they initiated a pact on behalf of the well of oath.
Then Abimelech and Phicol, the leader of his army, rose up, and they returned to the land of the Palestinians. In truth, Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the Lord God Eternal.