Genesis 26:13

Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

In Context

12Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.

14He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.

Read all of Genesis 26

Cross References

Genesis 24:35Yahweh has greatly blessed my master so that he has become very rich. Yahweh has given him many sheep and cattle, a lot of gold and silver, male and female servants, camels and donkeys.

Proverbs 10:22Yahweh blesses some people by enabling them to become rich, and working hard will not make them to become richer (OR, and he will not also cause them to become sad).

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 26:13