Genesis 21:25

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of water, which Abimelechs seruauntes had taken awaye by violence.

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  • Gen 26:15-22 : 15 and stopped all the welles, that his fathers seruauntes had dygged in the tyme of Abraham his father, and fylled them with earth, 16 In so moch that Abimelech also himself sayde vnto him: Departe from vs, for thou art farre mightier then we. 17 Then departed Isaac from thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And whan he was satled, he caused to dygge vp the welles agayne, that they had dygged vp in his father Abrahas tyme, which the Philistynes had stopte after the death of Abraham, and he called the after ye same names that his father had named them withall. 19 Isaacs seruauntes also dygged in the valley, and there they founde a well of lyuinge water. 20 But the hyrdmen of Gerar stroue with Isaacs hyrdmen, and saide: The water is oures. Then called he the well Eseck, because they had done him wronge. 21 Then dygged they another well, and stroue for that also: therfore called he it Sytena. 22 So he gatt him from thence, and dygged another well, for the which they stroue not: th rfore he called it Rehoboth, and sayde: Now hath the LORDE made vs rowme, and letten vs growe in the londe.
  • Gen 29:8 : 8 They answered: We can not, tyll all the flockes be brought together, and tyll we roule the stone from the welles mouth, & so geue the shepe drynke.
  • Exod 2:15-17 : 15 And Pharao herde of it, and sought for Moses, to slaye him. But Moses fled from Pharao, and kepte him in the lande of Madian, and sat him downe by a wells syde. 16 The prest Madian had seuen doughters, which came to drawe water, and fylled the troughes, to geue their fathers shepe to drinke. 17 Then came the shepherdes, and droue the awaye. But Moses gat him vp, and helped them, and gaue their shepe to drynke.
  • Judg 1:15 : 15 She sayde: Geue me a blessynge, for thou hast geuen me a south & drye londe, geue me also a watery londe. Then gaue he her a londe that was watery aboue and beneth.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 One reprofe only doth more good to him yt hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes vnto a foole.
  • Prov 25:9 : 9 Handle thy matter wt yi neghbor himself, & discouer not another mans secrete:
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 An open rebuke is better, then a secrete loue.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the, go and tell him his faute betwene the and him alone. Yf he heare the, thou hast wone thy brother.
  • Gen 13:7 : 7 And there fell a strife betwene the hirdmen of Abrams catell, and the hirdmen of Lots catell. The Cananites also and the Pheresites dwelt at that tyme in the londe.

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  • Gen 21:26-27
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    26Then answered Abimelech: I knewe not who dyd it, nether dyddest thou tell me, and I haue not herde of it but this daye.

    27The toke Abraham shepe and oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech, and they both made a bonde together.

  • Gen 20:8-11
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    8Then Abimelech rose vp by tymes in the mornynge, and called all his seruauntes, and tolde all these thinges in their eares, and the men were sore afrayed,

    9and Abimelech called Abraham, and sayde vnto him: Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs? And what haue I offended ye, that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne? Thou hast not dealt with vs, as a man shulde deale.

    10And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou, yt thou hast done this thinge?

    11Abraham sayde: I thought: Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place, & they shall sleye me for my wifes sake,

  • Gen 21:29-32
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    29Then sayde Abimelech vnto Abraha: What meane those seuen lambes, which thou hast set by them selues?

    30He answered: seue lambes shalt thou take of my hande, that they maye be wytnes vnto me, that I haue dygged this well.

    31Therfore is the place called Berseba, because they sware there both together.

    32And so they made the bonde at Berseba.Then rose Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne, and departed agayne in to the londe of ye Philistynes.

  • Gen 26:15-16
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    15and stopped all the welles, that his fathers seruauntes had dygged in the tyme of Abraham his father, and fylled them with earth,

    16In so moch that Abimelech also himself sayde vnto him: Departe from vs, for thou art farre mightier then we.

  • Gen 21:22-24
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    22At the same tyme talked Abimelech and Phicol his chefe captayne with Abraham, and sayde: God is with the in all that thou doest.

    23Therfore sweare now vnto me by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, ner my children, ner my childers children: but that thou shalt shewe vnto me (and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger) the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the.

    24Then sayde Abraham: I wyll sweare.

  • Gen 26:18-22
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    18And whan he was satled, he caused to dygge vp the welles agayne, that they had dygged vp in his father Abrahas tyme, which the Philistynes had stopte after the death of Abraham, and he called the after ye same names that his father had named them withall.

    19Isaacs seruauntes also dygged in the valley, and there they founde a well of lyuinge water.

    20But the hyrdmen of Gerar stroue with Isaacs hyrdmen, and saide: The water is oures. Then called he the well Eseck, because they had done him wronge.

    21Then dygged they another well, and stroue for that also: therfore called he it Sytena.

    22So he gatt him from thence, and dygged another well, for the which they stroue not: th rfore he called it Rehoboth, and sayde: Now hath the LORDE made vs rowme, and letten vs growe in the londe.

  • Gen 26:10-11
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    10Abimelech saide: Why hast thou then done this vnto vs? It coude lightly haue come to passe, that some of the people might haue lyen with thy wyfe, and so haddest thou brought synne vpo vs.

    11The Abimelech commaunded all the people, and sayde: Who so toucheth this man or his wyfe, shal dye the death.

  • Gen 20:14-15
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    14Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen, seruauntes and maydens, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and delyuered him Sara his wife agayne,

    15and sayde: Beholde, my londe stondeth open before the, dwell where it liketh the.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17As for Abraham, he prayed vnto God: Then God healed Abimelech, and his wyfe, and his maydens, so that they bare childre.

    18For a fore the LORDE had closed all the matrices of Abimelechs house, because of Sara Abrahams wife.

  • Gen 26:32
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    32The same daye came Isaacs seruauntes, and tolde him of the well that they had digged, and sayde vnto him: We haue founde water.

  • Gen 20:2-4
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    2and sayde of Sara his wife: She is my sister. Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar sent for her, and caused her be fett awaye.

    3But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame, & sayde vnto him: Beholde, thou art but a deed man, for the womans sake which thou hast taken, for she is a mans wife.

    4Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched her, and sayde: LORDE, wilt thou sley a righteous people?

  • Gen 26:25-26
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    25Then buylded he an altare there, and called vpon the name of the LORDE, and pitched his tent there, and there his seruauntes dygged a well.

    26And Abimelech wente vnto him from Gerar, and Ahusath his frende, and Phicolhis chefe captayne.

  • Gen 24:2
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    2And he sayde vnto his eldest seruaunt of his house, which had the rule of all his goodes: Laye thine hade vnder my thye, that