Genesis 21:29 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 21:29 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ
ʼĂbîymelek
H40
Abimelech
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אַבְרָהָ֑ם
ʼAbrâhâm
H85
Abraham
מָ֣ה
mâh
H4100
what
הֵ֗נָּה
hênnâh
H2007
these
שֶׁ֤בַע
shebaʻ
H7651
seven
כְּבָשֹׂת֙
kibsâh
H3535
ewe
הָאֵ֔לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הִצַּ֖בְתָּ
nâtsab
H5324
to stand
לְבַדָּֽנָה
bad
H905
apart
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"
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King James Version Public Domain
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So Abimelech said to Abraham, “What they, these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart by themselves?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).