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

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

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

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