Genesis 21:25 - Easy To Read Version

²⁵ Then Abraham complained to Abimelech. Abraham complained because Abimelech’s servants had captured a well of water.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ When Abraham complained to and reasoned with Abimelech about a well of water [Abimelech's] servants had violently seized,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

Common English Bible

²⁵ Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ And he reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

Genesis 21:25 Cross References

Genesis 13:7

And the Canaanite people and the Perizzite people were also living in this land at the same time. The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.

Genesis 21:24

And Abraham said, “I promise to treat you the same way you have treated me.”

Genesis 21:26

But Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You never told me about this before today!”

Genesis 29:8

But this shepherd said, “We can’t do that until all the flocks are gathered together. Then we will move the rock from the well, and all the sheep will drink.”

Proverbs 17:10

A smart person learns from the things he does wrong. But a fool learns nothing, even after a hundred lessons.

Proverbs 25:9

If you and another person can’t agree, then decide among yourselves what to do. And don’t tell about another person’s secret.

Proverbs 27:5

Open criticism is better than hidden love.

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother or sister does something wrong to you, go and tell that person what he did wrong. Do this alone with that person. If that person listens to you, then you have helped that person to be your brother again.

Judges 1:15

Acsah answered Caleb, “Give me a blessing. [6] You gave me dry desert land in the Negev. [7] Please give me some land with water on it.” So Caleb gave her what she wanted. He gave her the upper and lower pools of water in that land.