“This is the first I’ve heard of it,” Abimelech answered. “I have no idea who is responsible. You have never complained about this before.”
So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had taken by force from Abraham’s servants.
Abraham then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty.