²⁹ Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

⁸ And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

²⁶ And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?

¹⁴ And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?