Genesis 21:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a wel of water, which Abimeleches seruauntes had violently taken away.

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  • Gen 26:15-22 : 15 For the Philistines stopped and fylled vp with earth all the welles which his seruauntes had digged in his father Abrahams tyme. 16 And Abimelech sayde vnto Isahac: Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then we a great deale. 17 Therefore Isahac departed thence, and abode in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isahac returning, digged againe the welles of water which they digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham, & named them after the same names by the which his father had named them. 19 Isahacs seruauntes digged in the valley, and founde a well of springyng water. 20 And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isahacs heardmen, saying: the water is ours. Then called he the well contention, because they stroue with hym. 21 And they digged another well, and stroue for that also: and he called the name of it enmitie. 22 And then he departed thence, & digged another well, for the which they stroue not. Therfore called he it roomth, saying: the Lorde hath made vs nowe roome that we may encrease vpon the earth.
  • Gen 29:8 : 8 And they sayde: we may not vntyll all the flockes be brought together, and tyl they roule the stone from the welles mouth, and so we water our sheepe.
  • Exod 2:15-17 : 15 And Pharao heard of it, and went about to slaye Moyses. And Moyses fleyng from the face of Pharao, dwelt in the lande of Madian: and he sate downe by the welles syde. 16 The priest of Madian had vij. daughters, which came and drewe water and filled the troughes for to water their fathers sheepe. 17 And the shepheardes came and droue them away: but Moyses stoode vp and helped them, and watred their sheepe.
  • Judg 1:15 : 15 She aunswered vnto him, Geue me a blessing: for thou hast geuen me a southward land, geue me also springes of water. And Caleb gaue her springes, both aboue and beneath.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.
  • Prov 25:9 : 9 Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himselfe, and discouer not thy secrete to another:
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Open rebuke, is better then secrete loue.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 Moreouer, yf thy brother trespas agaynst thee, go and tell hym his faulte betwene thee and hym alone: If he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother.
  • Gen 13:7 : 7 And there fell a stryfe betwene the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and the heardmen of Lottes cattell: Moreouer, the Chanaanites, and Pherisites dwelled at that tyme in the lande.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 21:26-27
    2 verses
    79%

    26 And Abimelech said, I wote not who hath done this thing: also thou toldest me not, neyther hearde I of it but this day.

    27 And Abraham toke sheepe and Oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: & they made both of them a leage together.

  • Gen 20:8-11
    4 verses
    78%

    8 Therefore, Abimelech rysyng vp betimes in the mornyng, called all his seruauntes, and tolde all these sayinges in their eares: and the men were sore afrayde.

    9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, & sayde vnto hym: What hast thou done vnto vs? & what haue I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me & on my kingdome so great a sinne? thou hast done deedes vnto me that ought not to be done.

    10 And Abimelech saide vnto Abraham: what sawest thou that thou hast done this thyng?

    11 Abraha aunswered: For I thought thus surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they shal slaye me for my wyues sake.

  • Gen 21:29-32
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    29 And Abimelech sayd vnto Abraham: what meane these seuen ewe lambes whiche thou hast set by them selues?

    30 He aunswered: for these seuen ewe lambes shalt thou take of my hande, that they may be a wytnesse vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

    31 Wherefore the place is called Beer seba, because that there they sware both of them.

    32 Thus made they a leage together at Beer seba: and Abimelech and Phicol his chiefe captayne rose vp, and turned agayne into the lande of the Philistines.

  • Gen 26:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15 For the Philistines stopped and fylled vp with earth all the welles which his seruauntes had digged in his father Abrahams tyme.

    16 And Abimelech sayde vnto Isahac: Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then we a great deale.

  • Gen 21:22-24
    3 verses
    75%

    22 And at the same season, Abimelech and Phicol his chiefe captayne spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

    23 And nowe therefore, sweare vnto me euen here by God, that thou wylt not hurt me, nor my chyldren, nor my chyldrens children: but that thou shalt deale with me and the countrey where thou hast ben a straunger, accordyng vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed thee.

    24 And Abraham saide, I will sweare.

  • Gen 26:18-22
    5 verses
    75%

    18 And Isahac returning, digged againe the welles of water which they digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham, & named them after the same names by the which his father had named them.

    19 Isahacs seruauntes digged in the valley, and founde a well of springyng water.

    20 And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isahacs heardmen, saying: the water is ours. Then called he the well contention, because they stroue with hym.

    21 And they digged another well, and stroue for that also: and he called the name of it enmitie.

    22 And then he departed thence, & digged another well, for the which they stroue not. Therfore called he it roomth, saying: the Lorde hath made vs nowe roome that we may encrease vpon the earth.

  • Gen 26:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 Abimelech said: why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people myght lyghtly haue lyne by thy wyfe, and so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.

    11 And so Abimelech charged al his people, saying: He that toucheth this man or his wyfe, shall dye the death.

  • Gen 20:14-15
    2 verses
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    14 Then toke Abimelech sheepe and oxen, men seruauntes and women seruauntes, & gaue them vnto Abraham, and delyuered hym Sara his wyfe agayne.

    15 And Abimelech sayde: beholde my lande lyeth before thee, dwell where it pleaseth thee best.

  • Gen 20:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 And so Abraham prayed vnto God, & God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maydens, & they bare chyldren.

    18 For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Abrahams wyfe.

  • Gen 26:32
    72%

    32 And the same daye Isahacs seruauntes came and tolde hym of a well which they had dygged, and sayde vnto hym, we haue founde water.

  • Gen 20:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2 And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe, she is my syster: And Abimelech kyng of Gerar sent, and fet Sara away.

    3 But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, and saide to hym: See, thou art but a dead man for the womans sake whiche thou hast taken away, for she is a mans wyfe.

    4 But Abimelech had not yet touched her: and he sayde, Lorde wylt thou slay ryghteous people?

  • Gen 26:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25 And he builded an aulter there, and called vpon the name of the Lorde, and pitched his tent: and there Isahacs seruauntes dygged a well.

    26 Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar, and Ahuzath his friende, and Phicol the captaine of his armie.

  • Gen 24:2
    69%

    2 And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaut of his house, whiche had the rule ouer all that he had: put thy hande vnder my thigh:

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