Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 21:29

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

And Abimelech said unto Abraham,…. Observing what he had done, and not knowing the design of it:

what [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? he understood what the sheep and oxen were for, that they were presents to him, at least some of them, and the rest were for the solemnizing and ratifying the covenant between them; but what these were for he could not devise.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gen 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? Gen 21:30 And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

Ver. 29, 30. These seven ewe-lambs. ] Wherewith I will buy my peaceable enjoyment of this well, for the future.

That they may be a witness. ] A means to prevent contention, which is sooner stirred than stinted. And I have not observed, saith one, that many have been healed by going into troubled waters, though moved by the best angels of the Church.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Gen 33:8, Exo 12:26, 1Sa 15:14

Reciprocal: 2Sa 16:2 – What meanest

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge