Genesis 26:15

So the Philistines used dirt to block up all the wells his father Abraham's servants had dug.

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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

14He 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.

16Then Abimelech told Isaac, “You have to leave our country, because you've become much too powerful for us.”

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25Then Abraham raised an issue with Abimelech of a well that Abimelech's servants had taken 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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