Genesis 21:25

Modern English Version

Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech’s servants had violently seized.

Cross References

Matthew 18:15

“Now if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Proverbs 27:5

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Proverbs 25:9

Plead your cause with your neighbor himself, and betray not a confidence to another,

Proverbs 17:10

One rebuke goes deeper into a wise man than a hundred blows into a fool.

Judges 1:15

She answered, “Please give me a special gift. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

Genesis 29:8

They said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we may water the sheep.”

Genesis 13:7

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelt in the land at that time.

Genesis 21:24

Abraham said, “I will swear.”

Genesis 21:26

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