Devine Scripture

Genesis 21:25

Genesis chapter 21 · verse 25 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.24And Abraham said, I will swear.

v.25This passage

v.26And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 2:15

    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.

  • Proverbs 25:9

    Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another;

  • Proverbs 17:10

    A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Matthew 18:15

    And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

  • Proverbs 27:5

    Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

  • Genesis 26:15

    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.