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BrLXXΚαὶ ἤλεγξεν Ἁβραὰμ τὸν Ἀβιμέλεχ περὶ τῶν φρεάτων τοῦ ὕδατος, ὧν ἀφείλοντο οἱ παῖδες τοῦ Ἀβιμέλεχ. (Kai aʸlegxen Habraʼam ton Abimeleⱪ peri tōn freatōn tou hudatos, hōn afeilonto hoi paides tou Abimeleⱪ. )
BrTrAnd Abraam reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.
ULTThen Abraham complained to Abimelech on account of the well of water that the servants of Abimelech had seized.
USTThen Abraham also confronted King Abimelech about a water well that Abimelech’s servants had taken control of from Abraham’s servants.
BSB § But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
OEBNow as often as Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized,
WEBBEAbraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
JPSAnd Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
ASVAnd Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
DRAAnd he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
YLTAnd Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,
DrbyAnd Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
RVAnd Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
WbstrAnd Abraham reproved Abimelech, because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
KJB-1769And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
KJB-1611And Abraham reproued Abimelech, because of a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsAnd Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a wel of water, which Abimeleches seruauntes had violently taken away. (And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimeleches servants had violently taken away.)
GnvaAnd Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away. (And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs servants had violently taken away. )
CvdlAnd Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of water, which Abimelechs seruauntes had taken awaye by violence. (And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for the well of water, which Abimelechs servants had taken away by violence.)
WyclAnd he blamyde Abymelech for the pit of watir, which hise seruauntis token awey bi violence. (And he blamyde Abymelech for the pit of water, which his servants token away by violence.)
LuthUnd Abraham strafte Abimelech um des Wasserbrunnens willen, den Abimelechs Knechte hatten mit Gewalt genommen. (And Abraham strafte Abimelech around/by/for the waterbrunnens willen, the Abimelechs servant(s) hatten with Gewalt taken.)
ClVgEt increpavit Abimelech propter puteum aquæ quem vi abstulerunt servi ejus. (And increpavit Abimelech propter a_well awhich which vi absthey_took servi his. )
21:25 The motif of the well appears again (cp. 16:14; 21:19). God provided water (a symbol of blessing) in the barren wilderness and later even brought water out of a rock for Israel (Exod 15:22-27; 17:1-7; Num 20:1-13).
Alternate translation: “But then he confronted” or “Then he also protested to”
אֶת אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ
DOM ʼAⱱīmelek
For some languages, it is necessary to include the title “King” every time that Abimelech (or any other king) is referred to by name. For other languages, it is more natural to use the title only occasionally (especially when the focus is on him), or perhaps only the first time he is referred to in a section (so that his status is clear). Do what is best in your language throughout this section.
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
