Genesis 21:29

In 11 translations

BSB

and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

KJV

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

WEB

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”

ASV

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

LSV

And Abimelech says to Abraham, “What [are] they—these seven lambs which you have set by themselves?”

YLT

And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What [are] they — these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

DBY

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?

DRC

And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart?

GNV

Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?

JPS

And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What mean these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

LXXE

And Abimelech said to Abraam, What are these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set alone?

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WLC

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה הֵ֗נָּה שֶׁ֤בַע כְּבָשֹׂת֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִצַּ֖בְתָּ לְבַדָּֽנָה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβιμέλεχ τῷ Ἁβραὰμ, τί εἰσιν αἱ ἑπτὰ ἀμνάδες τῶν προβάτων τούτων, ἃς ἔστησας μόνας;

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• Exodus 12:26When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
• Genesis 33:8“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
• 1 Samuel 15:14But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”

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