Genesis 21:25 Cross References

Genesis 21:25

25: Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had taken violently from Abraham's servants.

and they filled up all of Isaac's wells with earth. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.
And Abimelech asked Isaac to leave the country. "Go somewhere else," he said, "for you have become too rich and powerful for us."
So Isaac moved to the Gerar Valley and lived there instead.
He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac renamed them, using the names Abraham had given them.
His shepherds also dug in the Gerar Valley and found a gushing spring.

"We don't roll away the stone and begin the watering until all the flocks and shepherds are here," they replied.

And sure enough, when Pharaoh heard about it, he gave orders to have Moses arrested and killed. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and escaped to the land of Midian. When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well.
Now it happened that the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came regularly to this well to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father's flocks.
But other shepherds would often come and chase the girls and their flocks away. This time, however, Moses came to their aid, rescuing the girls from the shepherds. Then he helped them draw water for their flocks.

"If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the fault. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.

She said, "Give me a further blessing. You have been kind enough to give me land in the Negev; please give me springs as well." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.

So an argument broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.

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