"And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away." — Genesis 21:25

Genesis 21:25 · KJV

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

— Genesis 21:25

And Abraham said, I will swear.

And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I {of it}, but to day.

Genesis 21 — Context

Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: {but} according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. {that thou...: Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me}

And Abraham said, I will swear.

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

And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I {of it}, but to day.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

Cross References

Genesis 26:15-22

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.

Genesis 29:8

And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and {till} they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.

Matthew 18:15

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Genesis 13:7

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

Proverbs 27:5

Open rebuke {is} better than secret love.

Exodus 2:15-17

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

Judges 1:15

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

Proverbs 25:9

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour {himself}; and discover not a secret to another: {a secret...: or, the secret of}