Genesis 26:15
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| Overview - Genesis 26 | |
| 1 | Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord instructs and blesses him. |
| 7 | He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife. |
| 12 | He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity. |
| 18 | He digs Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth. |
| 23 | God appears to him at Beer-sheba, and blesses him; and Abimelech makes a covenant with him. |
| 34 | Esau's wives. |
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Genesis 26:15 (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.
- his father's
- 21:30
- had stopped
- In those countries, a well of water was a great acquisition; and hence, this mode of injuring new settlers, or revenging themselves on their enemies, is still resorted to among the inhabitants.