Genesis Chapter 21 verse 25 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 21:25

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

But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
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DARBY Genesis 21:25

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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KJV Genesis 21:25

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

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

Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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YLT Genesis 21:25

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - And Abraham reproved (literally, reasoned with, and proved to the satisfaction of) Abimelech (who was, until informed, entirely unacquainted with the action of his servants) because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. The greatest possible injury of a material kind that could be done to a nomads chief was the all faction of his water supplies. Hence "the ownership of wells m Palestine was as jealously guarded as the possession of a mine in our own" (Inglis). Contests for wells "are now very common all over the country, but more especially in the southern deserts" (Thomson, 'Land and Book,' p. 559).

Ellicott's Commentary