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.

But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

And he saith, 'For, the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'

And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have dig this well.

And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

But he said, "You will receive seven female lambs from my hand, so that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well."

Et dixit, Quia septem agnas capies e manu mea: ut sit mihi in testimonium, quod foderim puteum hunc.

And he said,.... That is, Abraham replied to Abimelech:
for these seven ewe lambs shall thou take of my hand; as a present 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.