Genesis 21:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

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  • Gen 26:15-22 : 15 Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are. 17 So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there. 18 And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them. 19 Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water. 20 But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it. 21 Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah. 22 Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
  • Gen 29:8 : 8 And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.
  • Exod 2:15-17 : 15 Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock. 17 And the keepers of the sheep came up and were driving them away; but Moses got up and came to their help, watering their flock for them.
  • Judg 1:15 : 15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
  • Prov 25:9 : 9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Better is open protest than love kept secret.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.
  • Gen 13:7 : 7 And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

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  • Gen 21:26-27
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    26 But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.

    27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.

  • Gen 20:8-11
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    8 So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear.

    9 Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.

    10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

    11 And Abraham said, Because it seemed to me that there was no fear of God in this place, and that they might put me to death because of my wife.

  • Gen 21:29-32
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    29 Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?

    30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

    31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

    32 So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.

  • Gen 26:15-16
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    15 Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

    16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.

  • Gen 21:22-24
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    22 Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.

    23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.

    24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

  • Gen 26:18-22
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    18 And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.

    19 Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.

    20 But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

    21 Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.

    22 Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

  • Gen 26:10-11
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    10 Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.

    11 And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.

  • Gen 20:14-15
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    14 Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back his wife Sarah.

    15 And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17 Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

    18 For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 26:32
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    32 And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

  • Gen 20:2-4
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    2 And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.

    3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

    4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?

  • Gen 26:25-26
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    25 Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

    26 And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.

  • Gen 24:2
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    2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg: