Genesis 26:15

And as for all the wells which the servants of his father digged, in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up, and filled them with dust.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

14So he came to have possessions of flocks and possessions of herds, and a large body of servants,—and the Philistines envied him.

16And Abimelech said unto Isaac,—Get thee from us, for thou hast become far mightier than we.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25But Abraham reproved Abimelech,—on account of the well of water, which the servants of Abimelech 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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