Genesis 26:14

Likewise, he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very large family. Because of this, the Palestinians envied him,

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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 the man was enriched, and he continued prospering as well as increasing, until he became very great.

15so, at that time, they obstructed all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug, filling them with soil.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:2But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.

1 Samuel 18:9Therefore, Saul did not regard David with a good eye, from that day and thereafter.

Job 5:2Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.

Psalms 112:3From the rising of the sun, even to its setting, praiseworthy is the name of the Lord.

Psalms 144:13Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion is with all, from generation to generation. The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works.

Proverbs 27:4Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?

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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