Genesis 26:14

And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Philistines envied him.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great.

15And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Philistines stopped them, and filled them with earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:2And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.

Job 5:2For wrath destroys the foolish one, 1 And envy slays him that has gone astray. 1

Psalms 112:3From the rising of the sun to his setting, 1 The name of the Lord is to be praised. 1

Psalms 144:13a The Lord is faithful in his words, 1 And holy in all his works. 1

Proverbs 27:4Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: 1 But envy can bear nothing. 1

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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