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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויאמר אבימלך אל אברהם מה הנה שבע כבשת האלה אשר הצבת לבדנה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyAmr Abymlk Al Abrhm mh hnh SHb` kbSHt hAlh ASHr hTSbt lbdnh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
cui dixit Abimelech quid sibi volunt septem agnae istae quas stare fecisti seorsum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Authorized (King James) Version   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
New King James Version   
Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”
21st Century King James Version   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, “What mean these seven ewe lambs, which thou hast set by themselves?”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Darby Bible Translation   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
God's Word   
Abimelech asked him, "What is the meaning of these seven female lambs you have set apart?"
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, "Why have you separated these seven ewe lambs?"
International Standard Version   
so Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set aside?"
NET Bible   
Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?"
New American Standard Bible   
Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?"
New International Version   
and Abimelek asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?"
New Living Translation   
Abimelech asked, "Why have you set these seven apart from the others?"
Webster's Bible Translation   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set by themselves?
The World English Bible   
Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"
EasyEnglish Bible   
Abimelech asked Abraham, ‘Why have you put these seven lambs in a different place?’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What [are] they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
New Life Version   
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven lambs that you have set apart mean?”
The Voice Bible   
Abimelech (to Abraham): Why have you set these seven female lambs apart from the others?
Living Bible   
But when he took seven ewe lambs and set them off by themselves, the king inquired, “Why are you doing that?”
New Catholic Bible   
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of the seven lambs that you have set aside?”
Legacy Standard Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Christian Standard Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “Why have you separated these seven ewe lambs?”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart mean?
New Century Version   
Abimelech asked Abraham, “Why did you put these seven female lambs by themselves?”
The Message   
Abimelech said, “What does this mean? These seven sheep you’ve set aside.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Abimelek said to Abraham, “Why have you set these seven ewe lambs by themselves?”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
Good News Translation®   
and Abimelech asked him, “Why did you do that?”
Wycliffe Bible   
And Abimelech said to him, What will these seven ewe lambs (mean) to themselves, which thou madest stand asides half? (And Abimelech said to him, What mean ye with these seven ewe lambs, which thou hast made to stand aside?)
Contemporary English Version   
and Abimelech asked, “Why have you done this?”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And Abim′elech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart?”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, ‘What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?’
Common English Bible © 2011   
So Abimelech said to Abraham, “What are these seven lambs you’ve set apart?”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
and Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart?”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
and Abimelech asked him, “What is the purpose of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
New American Standard Bible   
Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?”
The Expanded Bible   
Abimelech asked Abraham, “Why did you put these seven female lambs by themselves?”
Tree of Life Version   
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe-lambs that you’ve set by themselves mean?”
Revised Standard Version   
And Abim′elech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart?”
New International Reader's Version   
Abimelek asked Abraham, “What’s the meaning of these seven female lambs? Why have you picked them out and set them apart?”
BRG Bible   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Complete Jewish Bible   
Avimelekh asked Avraham, “What is the meaning of these seven female lambs you have put by themselves?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, ‘What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Avimelech said unto Avraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart by themselves?
Names of God Bible   
Abimelech asked him, “What is the meaning of these seven female lambs you have set apart?”
Modern English Version   
And Abimelek said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set by themselves?”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Abimelech asked Abraham, “Why did you put these seven female lambs by themselves?”
International Children’s Bible   
Abimelech asked Abraham, “Why did you put these seven female lambs by themselves?”
Lexham English Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe-lambs that you have set off by themselves?”
New International Version - UK   
and Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?’