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Sforno on Genesis 21:25/ספורנו על בראשית כ״א:כ״ה
אאֲשֶׁר גָּזְלוּ עַבְדֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ. הוֹכִיחוֹ בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא מוֹשֵׁל עַל הַגֶּזֶל הַנַּעֲשֶׂה בְּאַרְצוֹ וְאֵין מַכְלִים, וְהוֹכִיחוֹ גַּם כֵּן עַל הָרְשָׁעִים שֶׁהָיוּ בְּבֵיתוֹ שֶׁלֹּא כְּדֶרֶךְ הַצַּדִּיקִים, כְּאָמְרָם "לֹא יֵשֵׁב בְּקֶרֶב בֵּיתִי עֹשֵׂה רְמִיָּה" (תהלים קא:ז).
1אשר גזלו עבדי אבימלך, he criticised him precisely in his position of king, seeing that robbery had been tolerated in his country and there was no one to protest this. He also criticised him for the evildoers in his own entourage. He did not act according to the norms of righteous people. Psalms 101,7 suggests that righteous people have no business dwelling in the proximity of people who practice deception.