Devine Scripture

Genesis 21:30

Genesis chapter 21 · verse 30 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

v.30This passage

v.31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 31:44

    And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

  • Joshua 24:27

    And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

  • Joshua 22:27

    but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.

  • Genesis 31:52

    This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.