Quotes about Conflict
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
— Genesis 21:25
But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,
— Genesis 25:22
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
— Genesis 26:16
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
— Genesis 26:20
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
— Genesis 26:21
“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
— Genesis 26:27
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
— Genesis 26:35
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
— Genesis 27:30
But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
— Genesis 27:35
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
— Genesis 27:41
When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
— Genesis 27:42
Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
— Genesis 27:44