Genesis 26:15

and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.

Young's Literal Translation

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 hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,

16And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, 'Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;'

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently 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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