Genesis 26:15

Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father Abraham had digged, filling them up with earth:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14And he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines envying him,

16Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

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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