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Genesis 21:30

WEB

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.”

KJV

30And 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.

BSB

30He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

FBV

30I'm giving you these seven female lambs in return for your admission that I dug this well,” Abraham replied.

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Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Genesis 31:52

52May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.


Joshua 24:27

27Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the LORD’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”


Joshua 22:27-28

27but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;’ that your children may not tell our children in time to come, ‘You have no portion in the LORD.’

28Therefore we said, ‘It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, “Behold the pattern of the LORD’s altar, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.”’


Genesis 31:44-48

44Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”

45Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap. 47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha,[+] but Jacob called it Galeed.48[+] Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed