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Genesis 21:28 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock "
Genesis 21:28
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set
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.
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Genesis 21:1
"And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken."
Genesis 21:2
"For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken"
Genesis 21:3
"And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac."
Genesis 21:4
"And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded"
Genesis 21:4
"And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him."
Genesis 21:5
"Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place."
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