And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
WEB
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
YLT
And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What are they--these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
DBT
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)