Genesis 21:25

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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.

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  • Gen 21:26-27
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    26 But Abimelech said, 'I do not know who did this. You did not tell me, and I have only heard about it today.'

    27 So Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

  • Gen 20:8-11
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    8 Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, told them everything that had happened, and they were very afraid.

    9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, 'What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such a great sin upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.'

    10 And Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What was your reason for doing this?'

    11 Abraham replied, 'I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

  • Gen 21:29-32
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    29 Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart by themselves?'

    30 He replied, 'Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.'

    31 That is why the place was called Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

    32 After making the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

  • Gen 26:15-16
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    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."

  • Gen 21:22-24
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    22 At that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, 'God is with you in everything you do.'

    23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me, my children, or my descendants. Show to me and the land where you have lived the same kindness I have shown to you.

    24 Abraham said, 'I swear it.'

  • Gen 26:18-22
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    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 26:10-11
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    10 Then Abimelech said, "What have you done to us? One of the people could have easily slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."

    11 So Abimelech gave orders to all the people: "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."

  • Gen 20:14-15
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    14 Then Abimelech brought sheep, cattle, male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah, his wife, to him.

    15 And Abimelech said, 'My land is before you; settle wherever you please.'

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could bear children again.

    18 For the LORD had completely closed every womb in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 26:32
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    32 That same day, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, "We have found water!"

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

    3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, 'You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.'

    4 Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, 'Lord, will you destroy a nation even if it is innocent?'

  • Gen 26:25-26
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    25 So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

    26 Meanwhile, Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army.

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    2 Abraham said to his servant, the eldest in his household who managed all he owned, "Please, place your hand under my thigh.