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Genesis 21:29

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

KJV

Cui dixit Abimelech : Quid sibi volunt septem agnæ istæ, quas stare fecisti seorsum ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβιμέλεχ τῷ Ἀβραάμ Τί εἰσιν αἱ ἑπτὰ ἀμνάδες τῶν προβάτων τούτων ἃς ἔστησας μόνας;

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל אַבְרָהָ֑ם מָ֣ה הֵ֗נָּה שֶׁ֤בַע כְּבָשֹׂת֙ הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִצַּ֖בְתָּ לְ/בַדָּֽ/נָה

Hebrew

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People AbrahamAbimelechAbimelech

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ
'bymlk
proper_noun · 67×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
הֵ֔נָּה
hnh
pronoun · 47×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּבְשָׂ֨ה
kbshh
noun · 8×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִצָּ֥ב
ntsb
verb · 74×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.