Genesis 26:13

13 And the man {became wealthier and wealthier} until he was exceedingly wealthy.

Genesis 26:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:13

And the man waxed great
In substance, as well as in honour and glory, among men; and went forward;
in the world, and in the increase of worldly things: and grew until he became very great:
as he must needs be, since Abraham his father left him all that he had, who was very rich in cattle, in gold and silver, and had been increasing ever since; and especially since he came to Gerar, where he was gradually increasing, until he became to be exceeding great indeed, even the greatest man in all the country, yea, greater than King Abimelech himself, as it seems, from ( Genesis 26:16 ) .

Genesis 26:13 In-Context

11 Then Abimelech instructed all the people, saying, "The [one who] touches this man or his wife shall certainly die."

12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in that [same] year a hundredfold, and Yahweh blessed him.

13 And the man {became wealthier and wealthier} until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14 And he possessed sheep and cattle and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.

15 And the Philistines stopped up all the wells that the servants of his father had dug in the days of Abraham his father. They filled them with earth.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "became great and went, going and became great"