Genesis 21:25

And he reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

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In The King James Version

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

In Context

24And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

26And Abimelech responded, “I do not know who did this thing, but you also did not reveal it to me, nor have I heard of it, before today.”

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Cross References

Genesis 26:15so, at that time, they obstructed all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug, filling them with soil.

Genesis 26:21Then they dug up yet another one. And over that one also they fought, and he called it, ‘Enmity.’

Exodus 2:15And Pharaoh heard this talk, and he sought to kill Moses. But fleeing from his sight, he stayed in the land of Midian, and he sat down next to a well.

Proverbs 17:10A correction benefits more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.

Proverbs 27:5An open rebuke is better than hidden love.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33

Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →

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