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Genesis 21:25 KJV
Genesis · chapter 21 · verse 25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.Genesis 21:25 · King James Version
Genesis 21:25 in context
23Now 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.
24And Abraham said, I will swear.
25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
26And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AbimelechʼĂbîymelekAbimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two IsraelitesH40 →
- reprovedyâkachto be rightH3198 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- wellbᵉʼêra pitH875 →
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We have here an account of the treaty between Abimelech and Abraham, in which appears the accomplishment of that promise (Gen 12:2) that God would make his name great. His friendship is valued, is courted, though a stranger, though a tenant at will to the Canaanites and Perizzites. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-32