Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.

Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these ¹  seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

He replied, “You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof ¹  that I dug this well.” ² 

“When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home, ¹  he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed ²  the traveler who had come to visit him. ³  Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked ⁴  it for the man who had come to visit him.”