Genesis 21:25
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.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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Compare
- BSB
- But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
- KJV
- And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
- WEB
- Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
- ASV
- And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech`s servants had violently taken away.
- DARBY
- And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
- BLB
- And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that the servants of Abimelech had seized.
- ÅB
- Men Abraham gikk i rette med Abimelek for en brønn som Abimeleks tjenere hadde tatt med vold.
- OTB
- Da klaget Abraham til Abimelek om en brønn med vann som Abimeleks tjenere hadde tatt.
- B1930
- Men Abraham gikk i rette med Abimelek for en brønn som Abimeleks tjenere hadde tatt med vold.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 26:15–22
For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
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Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Read in contextMatthew 18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Read in contextJudges 1:15
And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
Read in contextGenesis 29:8
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
Read in contextProverbs 25:9
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Read in contextProverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Read in contextExodus 2:15–17
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
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