“Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 21 contains 34 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.