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Genesis 26:14

For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

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In The King James Version

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

In Context

13And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;

15Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:2Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

1 Samuel 18:9And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.

Job 5:2For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Psalms 112:3A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

Psalms 144:13Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:13-26

Isaac's Removal to Beersheba. ( b. c. 1804.) 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him: 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And… Read the whole commentary →

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