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Genesis 21:30
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30 He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof[a] that I dug this well.”[b]

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  1. Genesis 21:30 tn Heb “that it be for me for a witness.”
  2. Genesis 21:30 sn This well. Since the king wanted a treaty to share in Abraham’s good fortune, Abraham used the treaty to secure ownership of and protection for the well he dug. It would be useless to make a treaty to live in this territory if he had no rights to the water. Abraham consented to the treaty, but added his rider to it.
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