Genesis 21:25

And Abraham reproved Abimelek, on account of the well of waters which the servants of Abimelek had taken by force.

Targum Onkelos

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 Abimelek said, I knew not if this thing had been done, and thou also hadst not shown me, nor have I heard, but this day.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:15And all the wells that the servants of his father had digged in the days of Abraham the Philistaee stopped up, and filled with dust.

Genesis 26:21And they digged another well, and they strove also on account of it, and he called the name of it Hatred.

Exodus 2:15And Pharoh heard that thing, and sought to kill Mosheh; and Mosheh fled from before Pharoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian. And he sat by a well;

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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