Genesis 21:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

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  • Gen 26:15-22 : 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for you are much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed from there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and lived there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 20 And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they quarreled with him. 21 And they dug another well, and quarreled over that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. 22 And he moved from there, and dug another well; and for that they quarreled not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
  • Gen 29:8 : 8 And they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
  • Exod 2:15-17 : 15 When Pharaoh heard of this, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.
  • Judg 1:15 : 15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
  • Prov 25:9 : 9 Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and do not disclose a secret to another;
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
  • Matt 18:15 : 15 Moreover if your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he hears you, you have gained your brother.
  • Gen 13:7 : 7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

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  • Gen 21:26-27
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    26And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.

    27And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and both of them made a covenant.

  • Gen 20:8-11
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    8Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were very afraid.

    9Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and what wrong have I done to you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that should not be done.

    10And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see, that you have done this thing?

    11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

  • Gen 21:29-32
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    29And Abimelech said to Abraham, What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?

    30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that they may be a witness that I have dug this well.

    31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath.

    32Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

  • Gen 26:15-16
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    15For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

    16And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for you are much mightier than we.

  • Gen 21:22-24
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    22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.

    23Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

    24And Abraham said, I will swear.

  • Gen 26:18-22
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    18And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

    19And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

    20And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they quarreled with him.

    21And they dug another well, and quarreled over that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

    22And he moved from there, and dug another well; and for that they quarreled not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

  • Gen 26:10-11
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    10And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? one of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.

    11And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • Gen 20:14-15
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    14And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and male servants, and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah his wife to him.

    15And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: live where it pleases you.

  • Gen 20:17-18
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    17So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants; and they bore children.

    18For the LORD had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

  • Gen 26:32
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    32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.

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

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

    4But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, will you slay also a righteous nation?

  • Gen 26:25-26
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    25And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

    26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

  • Gen 24:2
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    2And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh,