Revised Version 1895

Genesis 21:22-32

22And itcameH1961topassH1961at that time, thatAbimelechאֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40andPhicolוּפִיכֹל֙u.fi.KholH6369thecaptainשַׂר־sar-H8269of hishostצְבָא֔וֹtze.va.'OH6635spake untoAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֖ם'av.ra.HamH85,sayingH559,Godאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430is with thee inallבְּכֹ֥לbe.KholH3605that thou doest:

23nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258thereforeswearהִשָּׁ֨בְעָהhi.Sha.ve.'ahH7650untomeH5978hereהֵ֔נָּהHe.nahH2008byGodבֵֽאלֹהִים֙ve.lo.HimH430that thou wiltnotH518dealH6213falselyתִּשְׁקֹ֣רtish.KorH8266withmeH5978,norH518with my son,norH518with my son’s son: but according to thekindnessכַּחֶ֜סֶדka.Che.sedH2617that I havedoneH6213unto thee, thou shaltdoH6213untomeH5978, and to thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776whereinH834thou hast sojourned.

24AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, I willswearאִשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃'i.sha.Ve.a'H7650.

25AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֖ם'av.ra.HamH85reprovedוְהוֹכִ֥חַve.ho.Khi.achH3198Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40becauseעַל־'al-H5921of thewellבְּאֵ֣רbe.'ErH875ofwaterהַמַּ֔יִםha.Ma.yimH4325,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834Abimelech’sאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃'a.vi.Me.lekhH40servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650had violentlytakenH1497awayH1497.

26AndAbimelechאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Iknowיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045notלֹ֣אlo'H3808who hathdoneעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213thisthingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697:neitherלֹא־lo'-H3808didst thoutellH5046meH5046,neitherלֹ֥אlo'H3808yetheardשָׁמַ֖עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085I of it, buttodayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

27AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamH85tookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947sheepצֹ֣אןtzonH6629andoxenוּבָקָ֔רu.va.KarH1241, andgaveוַיִּתֵּ֖ןvai.yi.TenH5414them untoAbimelechלַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְla.'a.vi.Me.lekhH40; and theytwoשְׁנֵיהֶ֖םshe.nei.HemH8147madeוַיִּכְרְת֥וּvai.yikh.re.TuH3772acovenantבְּרִֽית׃be.RitH1285.

28AndAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֗ם'av.ra.HamH85setוַיַּצֵּ֣בvai.ya.TzevH5324sevenשֶׁ֛בַעShe.va'H7651eweH3535lambsH3535of theflockהַצֹּ֖אןha.TzonH6629bythemselvesלְבַדְּהֶֽן׃le.va.de.HenH905.

29AndAbimelechאֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85,Whatמָ֣הmahH4100meantheseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428sevenשֶׁ֤בַעShe.va'H7651eweH3535lambsH3535whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou hastsetהִצַּ֖בְתָּhi.Tzav.taH5324bythemselvesלְבַדָּֽנָה׃le.va.Da.nahH905?

30And hesaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Theseהַזֹּֽאת׃ha.ZotH2063sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651eweH3535lambsH3535shalt thoutakeתִּקַּ֖חti.KachH3947of myhandמִיָּדִ֑יmi.ya.DiH3027, that it may be a witness untomeH3947, that I have digged thiswellהַבְּאֵ֥רha.be.'ErH875.

31Wherefore hecalledקָרָ֛אka.Ra'H7121thatplaceלַמָּק֥וֹםla.ma.KomH4725Beer-sheba;becauseכִּ֛יkiH3588there they swarebothשְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃she.nei.HemH8147of them.

32SoH6965theymadeוַיִּכְרְת֥וּvai.yikh.re.TuH3772acovenantבְרִ֖יתve.RitH1285at Beer-sheba: andAbimelechאֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40roseH6965upH6965, andPhicolוּפִיכֹל֙u.fi.KholH6369thecaptainשַׂר־sar-H8269of hishostצְבָא֔וֹtze.va.'OH6635, and theyreturnedוַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuH7725intoאֶל־'el-H413thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃pe.lish.TimH6430.

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