Genesis 26:15

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

16And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.

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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