Genesis 21:28
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And Abraham set apart seven ewelambs of the flock.

Context
The Covenant at Beersheba
27Then Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league. 28And Abraham set apart seven ewelambs of the flock.29And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?…
Cross References
Genesis 21:27
Then Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.

Genesis 21:29
And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?

Genesis 21:30
But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

Lexicon
Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֗ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

separated
וַיַּצֵּ֣ב (way·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5324: To take one's stand, stand

seven
שֶׁ֛בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

ewe lambs
כִּבְשֹׂ֥ת (kiḇ·śōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3535: Ewe lamb

from the flock,
הַצֹּ֖אן (haṣ·ṣōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock


Additional Translations
Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And Abraam set seven ewe-lambs by themselves.

And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.
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