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Genesis 26:14

Envy and jealousy

12 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13 and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15 So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

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BSB
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
KJV
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
WEB
He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
ASV
And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.
DARBY
And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
BLB
And he had a possession of flock, and a possession of cattle, and much service; and the Philistines envied him.
ÅB
Han eide småfe og storfe og mange tjenere, så filistrene ble misunnelige på ham.
OTB
Han hadde mange flokker, hjorder og tjenere, så mye at filisterne misunte ham.
B1930
Han eide småfe og storfe og mange tjenere, så filistrene blev misunnelige på ham.

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