The Well of Zamzam is not Abraham's Well.

 

The Well of Zamzam is not Abraham's Well.

The Biblical Abraham Well is located in Beersheba ,Israel According to the Hebrew Bible, Abraham's well was seized by Abimelech's men (Genesis 21:25), and Isaac’s servants also dug a well at Beersheba (Genesis 26:25).

Abraham had nothing to do with the well of Zamzam located in Makkah.

Because according to Islamic Tradition the well of Zamzam is made by Abdu'l Muttalib , He was the grandfather of Muhammad ,Who dug the well of Zamzam.

" While Abdu’l-Muttalib was sleeping in the hijr [an area between the Ka’aba proper and a semicircular area behind it], he was ordered in a vision to dig Zamzam. Yazld b, Abu Habib al-Misri from Marthad b. ‘Abdullah al-Yazanl from ‘Abdullah b. Zurayr al-Ghafiql told me that he heard ‘All b. Abu Talib telling the story of Zamzam. He said that ‘Abdu’l-Muttalib said:‘I was sleeping in the hijr when a supernatural visitant came and said, “Dig Tiba”. I said “And what is Tiba?” ; then he left me. I went to bed again the next day and slept, and he came to me and said “Dig Barra”; when I asked what Barra was he left me. The next day he came and said “Dig al-Madnuna”; when I asked what that was he went away again. The next day he came while I was sleeping and said “Dig Zamzam”. I said, “What is Zamzam?”; he said: ’Twill never fail or ever run dry,’Twill water the pilgrim company. It lies ’twixt the dung and the flesh bloody,By the nest where the white-winged ravens fly,By the nest where the ants to and fro do ply.’"

------  ( The Disappearance and Rediscovery of Zamzam and the 'Well of the Ka'ba', London Vol. 43, No. 1 (1980), pp. 44-54 , Cambridge University Press)

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" The next day ‘Abdu’l Muttalib with his son al-Harith, who at that time was his only son, went and found the ants’ nest and the raven pecking beside it between the two idols Isaf and Na’ila at which Quraysh used to slaughter their sacrifices. He brought a pick-axe and began to dig where he had been commanded. Quraysh seeing him at work came up and refused to allow him to dig between their two idols where they sacrificed."

------ ( The encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. XI. H. A. R. Gibb, P. J. Bearman. Leiden: Brill. pp. 442)

Abraham’s Well in the Bible

After the birth of Isaac, the bible records a dispute between Abraham and Avimelech over the use of a well. They settled it by a festive meal and acknowledgment of Abraham’s possession of the well, which he dug. Avimelech returned to the land of the Philistines, and Abraham planted a tamarisk tree next to the well. The well became known as ‘Beer-Sheva’ (in Hebrew: Well of the oath, Genesis 21:22-34). Later, his son Isaac continued to fight for his possession of the well with the Philistines (Genesis 26). A generation later, Jacob and his family immigrated from Beer-Sheva to Egypt (Genesis 46).

Abraham’s Well and Modern Beer-Sheva:

Beer-Sheva was inhabited in all subsequent periods, and additional wells were dug along the Beer-Sheva valley. Nevertheless, ‘Abaraham’s well’ retained its famed attribution to Abraham. In the early 20th century, it marked the cornerstone for a new city, today’s Beer-Sheva old city. Today the well is not in use, but it is still a central landmark of modern Beer-Sheva, the biggest city in southern Israel.

Zamzam well is a Scam!!!