Genesis 21:25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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reproved.

Genesis 26:15-22 For all the wells which his father's servants had dig in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them...

Genesis 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth...

Exodus 2:15-17 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelled in the land of Midian...

Judges 1:15 And she said to him, Give me a blessing: for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water...

Proverbs 17:10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 25:9 Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and discover not a secret to another:

Proverbs 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Matthew 18:15 Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you...

because. Wells of water were of great consequence in those hot countries, especially where the flocks were numerous; because water was scarce, and digging to find it was attended with the expense of much time and labour.

servants.

Genesis 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle...

Genesis 26:15-22 For all the wells which his father's servants had dig in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them...

Exodus 2:16,17 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock...



Context
The Covenant at Beersheba

22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do: 23Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land wherein you have sojourned. 24And Abraham said, I will swear. 25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. 26And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. 27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. 28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves? 30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have dig this well. 31Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them. 32Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. 34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.


Douay-Rheims Bible
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.


Darby Bible Translation
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.


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


Young's Literal Translation
And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,


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