Genesis 21:30

WEB

He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."

KJV

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.

Commentary

And he said,.... That is, Abraham replied to Abimelech: for these seven ewe lambs shall thou take of my hand; as a pre sent from him, to be retained as his own: that they may be a witness to me that I have digged this well: these were to be a testimony that the well that had been taken away from Abraham was one that he had dug, and was his property, and which Abimelech acknowledged by his acceptance of these seven lambs; and very probably Abraham received a note from the hand of Abimelech, owning his reception of the seven lambs, and his title to the well, which these were a witness of.