And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? Gen 21:30 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.
Ver. 29, 30. These seven ewe-lambs.] Wherewith I will buy my peaceable enjoyment of this well, for the future.
That they may be a witness.] A means to prevent contention, which is sooner stirred than stinted. And I have not observed, saith one, that many have been healed by going into troubled waters, though moved by the best angels of the Church.