King James Version
Genesis 21:30 in the King James Version says “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 digge...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Genesis 21:30 · KJV
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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.
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. Beersheba: that is, The well of the oath
Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“For these seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“of my hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“that”
H5668properly, crossed, i.e., (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“unto me that I have digged”
H2658properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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