Verse 25

Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech about the well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

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  • Gen 26:15-22 : 15 The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug during the days of Abraham his father, filling them with dirt. 16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave us, for you have become much mightier than we are." 17 So Isaac departed from there, pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there. 18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death; he gave them the same names his father had given them. 19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of flowing water there. 20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him. 21 Isaac’s servants then dug another well, but they also quarreled over it. So he named it Sitnah. 22 He moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over this one. So he named it Rehoboth, and he said, "Now the LORD has given us room, and we will flourish in the land."
  • Gen 29:8 : 8 But they said, 'We cannot until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled away from the well’s mouth. Then we will water the sheep.'
  • Exod 2:15-17 : 15 When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well. 16 Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 Some shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their flock.
  • Judg 1:15 : 15 She answered him, "Give me a blessing, since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water as well." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
  • Prov 25:9 : 9 Debate your case with your neighbor, but do not reveal another’s secret.
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
  • Gen 13:7 : 7 There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also dwelling in the land at that time.