Genesis 21:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁵ When Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

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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

Matthew 18:15

“If your brother or sister sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If you are listened to, you have regained that one.

Proverbs 27:5

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Proverbs 25:9

Argue your case with your neighbor directly, and do not disclose another’s secret,

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person than a hundred blows into a fool.

Judges 1:15

She said to him, “Give me a blessing; since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also Gulloth-mayim.” So Caleb gave her Upper Gulloth and Lower Gulloth.

Genesis 29:8

But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”

Genesis 13:7

Thus strife arose between the herders of Abram’s livestock and the herders of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land.

Genesis 21:24

And Abraham said, “I swear it.”

Genesis 21:26

Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”