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Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”

Genesis 21:29 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૨૧:૨૯
અબીમેલેખે ઇબ્રાહિમને પૂછ્યું, “તેં આ સાત ઘેટીઓ લઈને અલગ રાખી તેનો અર્થ શો છે?”
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति २१:२९
तब अबीमेलेक ने अब्राहम से पूछा, “इन सात बच्चियों का, जो तूने अलग कर रखी हैं, क्या प्रयोजन है?”

In context

27Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

28Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”

30He 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.”

31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.

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