Genesis 26:15

But Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father – for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham and he gave them the same names as his father had given them.

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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

14Now all the wells which Isaac’s father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

16Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go from us; for you are much mightier than we are.”

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25Now as often as Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized,

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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