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Genesis 21:25

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

KJV

Et increpavit Abimelech propter puteum aquæ quem vi abstulerunt servi ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἤλεγξεν Ἀβραὰμ τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ περὶ τῶν φρεάτων τοῦ ὕδατος ὧν ἀφείλαντο οἱ παῖδες τοῦ Ἀβιμέλεχ.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/הוֹכִ֥חַ אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶת אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ עַל אֹדוֹת֙ בְּאֵ֣ר הַ/מַּ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר גָּזְל֖וּ עַבְדֵ֥י אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People AbrahamAbimelechAbimelech

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ
'bymlk
proper_noun · 67×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
אֹדוֹת֙
'dvt
noun · 11×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
noun · 36×
יִּגְזֹ֤ל
ygzl
verb · 29×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 2:17 — And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
  • Gen 26:15 — 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.
  • Gen 26:20 — And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.