Genesis 26:14
He owned many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, as well as many slaves. He had so much that the Philistines became jealous of him.
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13He became a rich man, and his wealth steadily increased until he was very rich.
15So the Philistines used dirt to block up all the wells his father Abraham's servants had dug.
Cross References
Genesis 13:2Abram was very rich, having many herds of livestock and a great deal of silver and gold.
1 Samuel 18:9From that time on Saul viewed David with suspicion.
Job 5:2Surely anger slays the fool and jealousy kills the simple.
Psalms 112:3Their families will be wealthy; the good they do has eternal results.
Psalms 144:13Our storehouses will be full of all kinds of crops; our flocks of sheep will grow by thousands, increasing by tens of thousands in the pastures.
Proverbs 27:4Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
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 →