Genesis 21:25-30
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[25] Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. [26] Abimelech said, "I don't know who has done this thing. Neither did you tell me, neither did I hear of it, until today." [27] Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant. [28] Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. [29] Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?" [30] 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."
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt was the land from which Hagar, Abraham’s Egyptian servant, came, while Paran was a wilderness region south of Canaan where Ishmael later lived. Though not named directly in this dispute over Beersheba, these places frame Ishmael’s background and God’s continuing care for Abraham’s household.
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Genesis 21:25-30 mentions Egypt and Paran.
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