Génesis 21:25

25 Luego Abraham se quejó ante Abimélec por causa de un pozo de agua del cual los siervos de Abimélec se habían apropiado.

Génesis 21:25 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:25

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water,
&c.] Before he swore and entered into covenant with him, he thought it advisable to inform him of an affair that had happened concerning a well of water, which in those hot and dry countries, as the southern parts of the land of Canaan were, was an affair of great importance; and to make complaint of the ill usage of Abimelech's servants with respect to it, and to reason with him about it, that the thing might be adjusted to mutual satisfaction, and so a firm basis and foundation be laid for the continuance of friendship for the future; which was wisely done before their league and covenant was ratified: this it seems was a well which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away:
that is, had by force taken the use of it to themselves for their cattle, and had deprived Abraham of it, though it was of his own digging; and perhaps there might be more than one, and the singular may be put for the plural; and so the Septuagint version has it, "the wells": see ( Genesis 26:15 Genesis 26:18 ) .

Génesis 21:25 In-Context

23 Júrame ahora, por Dios mismo, que no me tratarás a mí con falsedad, ni tampoco a mis hijos ni a mis descendientes. Júrame que a mí y al país que te ha recibido como extranjero nos tratarás con la misma lealtad con que yo te he tratado.

24 —¡Lo juro! —respondió Abraham.

25 Luego Abraham se quejó ante Abimélec por causa de un pozo de agua del cual los siervos de Abimélec se habían apropiado.

26 Pero Abimélec dijo:—No sé quién pudo haberlo hecho. Me acabo de enterar, pues tú no me lo habías dicho.

27 Entonces Abraham llevó ovejas y vacas, y se las dio a Abimélec, y los dos hicieron un pacto.