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Genesis 21

Gen. 21:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, For these seven
sheba` (Hebrew #7651)
from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
KJV usage: (+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare 7658.
Pronounce: sheh'-bah
Origin: or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}
ewe lambs
kibsah (Hebrew #3535)
feminine of 3532; a ewe
KJV usage: (ewe) lamb.
Pronounce: kib-saw'
Origin: or kabsah {kab-saw'}
shalt thou take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
of my hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
, that
`abuwr (Hebrew #5668)
passive participle of 5674; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that
KJV usage: because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.
Pronounce: aw-boor'
Origin: or rabur {aw-boor'}
they may be an witness
`edah (Hebrew #5713)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness. Compare 5712.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in its techn. sense
unto me, that I have digged
chaphar (Hebrew #2658)
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
KJV usage: dig, paw, search out, seek.
Pronounce: khaw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
this well
'er (Hebrew #875)
a pit; especially a well
KJV usage: pit, well.
Pronounce: be-ayr'
Origin: from 874
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Gen. 31:44‑52• 44And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for witness between me and thee.
 45And Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
 46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones and made a heap and ate there on the heap.
 47And Laban called it Jagar-sahadutha , and Jacob called it Galeed.
 48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore is its name called Galeed
 49and Mizpah ; for he said, Watch, Jehovah, between me and thee, when we are hidden one from another.
 50If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God [is] witness between me and thee.
 51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee.
 52This heap [be] witness and the pillar [be] witness, that I pass not over this heap to thee, and that thou pass not over this heap and this pillar to me for harm. (Gen. 31:44‑52)
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Josh. 22:27• 27but to be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in Jehovah. (Josh. 22:27)

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Ministry on This Verse

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a witness.
Gen. 31:44‑48,52• 44And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for witness between me and thee.
 45And Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
 46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones and made a heap and ate there on the heap.
 47And Laban called it Jagar-sahadutha , and Jacob called it Galeed.
 48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore is its name called Galeed
 52This heap [be] witness and the pillar [be] witness, that I pass not over this heap to thee, and that thou pass not over this heap and this pillar to me for harm. (Gen. 31:44‑48,52)
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Josh. 22:27‑28• 27but to be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in Jehovah.
 28And we said, If it shall be that in future they so say to us and to our generations, we will say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you. (Josh. 22:27‑28)
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Josh. 24:27• 27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God. (Josh. 24:27)
• Like Abraham, let us seek to mingle with our reproofs the spirit of grace that seeks to impart to the world something of our blessing as represented by the seven ewe lambs. (“The Birth of the Heir: Genesis 21” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.