Then Abraham complained to Abimelech. Abraham complained because Abimelech’s servants had captured a well of water.
Genesis 26:15 - Easy To Read Version So the Philistine people destroyed all the wells that Isaac’s father Abraham and his servants had dug many years before. The Philistines filled those wells with dirt. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had closed and filled with earth. American Standard Version (1901) Now all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth. Common English Bible The Philistines closed up and filled with dirt all of the wells that his father’s servants had dug during his father Abraham’s lifetime. Catholic Public Domain Version so, at that time, they obstructed all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug, filling them with soil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father Abraham had digged, filling them up with earth: |
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech. Abraham complained because Abimelech’s servants had captured a well of water.
Abraham answered, “When you accept these lambs from me, it will be proof that I dug this well.”