KJV King James Version
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
WEB World English Bible
Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
YLT 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,
Surrounding context — Genesis 21
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:
23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: [but] according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהוֹכִ֥חַH3198 · ya.khachto rebukeאַבְרָהָ֖םH85 · av.ra.hamAbrahamאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְH40 · a.vi.me.lekhAbimelechעַל־H5921 · aluponאֹדוֹת֙H182 · o.dahbecauseבְּאֵ֣רH875 · be.erwellהַמַּ֔יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichגָּזְל֖וּH1497 · ga.zalto plunderעַבְדֵ֥יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃H40 · a.vi.me.lekhAbimelech
Cross-references
Genesis 26:15-22For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.Proverbs 27:5Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.Matthew 18:15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.Exodus 2:15-17Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.Proverbs 25:9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another:Genesis 13:7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.Genesis 29:8And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and [till] they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.Judges 1:15And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.Proverbs 17:10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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