But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.
And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.
But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.