Genesis 21:25 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well which Abimelech's servants had seized.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

ASV:

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

BBE:

But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

DBY:

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

ERV:

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

JPS:

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

WBS:

And Abraham reproved Abimelech, because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

WEB:

Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

YLT:

And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,

Genesis 21:25 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 26:15 Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with earth.

Genesis 26:18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

21:22-34 Abimelech felt sure that the promises of God would be fulfilled to Abraham. It is wise to connect ourselves with those who are blessed of God; and we ought to requite kindness to those who have been kind to us. Wells of water are scarce and valuable in eastern countries. Abraham took care to have his title to the well allowed, to prevent disputes in future. No more can be expected from an honest man than that he be ready to do right, as soon as he knows he has done wrong. Abraham, being now in a good neighbourhood, stayed a great while there. There he made, not only a constant practice, but an open profession of his religion. There he called on the name of the Lord, as the everlasting God; probably in the grove he planted, which was his place of prayer. Abraham kept up public worship, in which his neighbours might join. Good men should do all they can to make others so. Wherever we sojourn, we must neither neglect nor be ashamed of the worship of Jehovah.

CONC:

Abimelech Abim'elech Abimelech's Abim'elech's Complained Force Matter Protest Reasoned Reproved Seized Servants Violently Water-hole

Abimelech Abim'elech Abimelech's Abim'elech's Abraham Complained Force Matter Protest Reasoned Reproved Seized Servants Violently Water Water-Hole

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