New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 21:27-30

27Abrahamאַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamH85tookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947sheepצֹ֣אןtzonH6629and oxenוּבָקָ֔רu.va.KarH1241and gaveוַיִּתֵּ֖ןvai.yi.TenH5414them to Abimelechלַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְla.'a.vi.Me.lekhH40, andthe twoשְׁנֵיהֶ֖םshe.nei.HemH8147of them madeוַיִּכְרְת֥וּvai.yikh.re.TuH3772a covenantבְּרִֽית׃be.RitH1285.

28Then Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֗ם'av.ra.HamH85setוַיַּצֵּ֣בvai.ya.TzevH5324sevenשֶׁ֛בַעShe.va'H7651eweH3535lambsH3535of the flockהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629by themselvesלְבַדְּהֶֽן׃le.va.de.HenH905.

29Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85, “Whatמָ֣הmahH4100do theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428sevenשֶׁ֤בַעShe.va'H7651eweH3535lambsH3535mean, whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834you have setהִצַּ֖בְתָּhi.Tzav.taH5324by themselvesלְבַדָּֽנָה׃le.va.Da.nahH905?”

30He saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “You shall takeתִּקַּ֖חti.KachH3947these sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651eweH3535lambsH3535from my handמִיָּדִ֑יmi.ya.DiH3027soבַּעֲבוּר֙ba.'a.VurH5668that it may be awitnessלְעֵדָ֔הle.'e.DahH5713to me, that I dugחָפַ֖רְתִּיcha.Far.tiH2658thisH2088wellהַבְּאֵ֥רha.be.'ErH875.”

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