Genesis 21:25

Then Abraham raised an issue with Abimelech of a well that Abimelech's servants had taken 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

24“I so swear,” Abraham replied.

26“I don't know who did this, and you didn't mention it before. I haven't heard anything about it until today,” Abimelech responded.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:15So the Philistines used dirt to block up all the wells his father Abraham's servants had dug.

Genesis 26:21He had another well dug, and they argued over that one too. He named the well, “Opposition.”

Exodus 2:15When Pharaoh found out, he tried to have Moses killed, but Moses ran away from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian. One day as he was sitting by a well,

Proverbs 17:10A reprimand hits a thinking person more than one hundred blows hit someone stupid.

Proverbs 27:5Open criticism 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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