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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd 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.
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
And he saith, `For--the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'
And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.
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)