Genesis 26:15
13 and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
14 He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
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.”
17 So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
- ASV
- Now all the wells which his father`s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
- DARBY
- And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.
- BLB
- And all the wells that the servants of his father had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up and filled them with earth.
- ÅB
- Og alle de brønner som hans fars tjenere hadde gravd i Abrahams, hans fars dager, dem kastet filistrene til og fylte dem med jord.
- OTB
- Alle brønnene som hans fars tjenere hadde gravd i Abrahams, hans fars, dager, fylte filisterne igjen med jord.
- B1930
- Og alle de brønner som hans fars tjenere hadde gravd i Abrahams, hans fars dager, dem kastet filistrene til og fylte dem med jord.
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Cross references
Genesis 21:30
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
Read in contextGenesis 21:25
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
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