Genesis 26:15

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.

Genesis 26:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:15

For all the wells which his father's servants had digged, in
the days of Abraham his father
For the watering of his flocks and herds, see ( Genesis 21:25 ) : the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth;
that they might be of no use; and this they did through envy to him, and is mentioned as a proof of it.

Genesis 26:15 In-Context

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.

16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go [away] from us, for you have become much too powerful for us."

17 So Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there.