Keraia
Genesis 26

Genesis 26:15

Isaac’s Prosperity · Genesis 26:12–25
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
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.
Latin
…omnes puteos, quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham, illo tempore obstruxerunt, implentes humo:

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

Genesis 26:14–16

The Philistines were jealous of Isaac's success and filled his wells with dirt. The king then told Isaac to leave the area because he was too powerful for them (compare 21:22–23).

Genesis 26:1–35

This section pauses Jacob’s story to focus on Isaac. Isaac’s success and wealth in chapter 26 show that God’s blessing had passed to him (compare 25:11), even though he sometimes failed to trust God.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaac Dealing with Conflict Symbolic Numbers

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people

Places

Philistia: An ancient people and region in Canaan

Glossary

Abimelech Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Gerar Nathanael Patriarchs, Period of the Philistia, Philistines Rebecca, Rebekah

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God: To Isaac Dishonesty: Abimelech's Servants Confiscate a Well Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham: Digs Wells, and is Defrauded of Them by the Herdsmen of Abimelech Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham: His Peaceableness Patience: Isaac Toward the People of Gerar Wells were often Stopped up by Enemies Wells: The Occasion of Feuds: Between Isaac and Abimelech