Genesis 26:15

So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.

Translation for Translators

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

16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about one of Abraham’s wells that 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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