Genesis 26:15
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְכָל־vekholand allH3605הַבְּאֵרֹתhabe'erotthe wellsH875אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834חָפְרוּchaferuthey had dugH2658עַבְדֵי'avdei[the] servants ofH5650אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1בִּימֵיbimeiin [the] days ofH3117אַבְרָהָם'avrahamAbrahamH85אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1סִתְּמוּםsitemumthey stopped up themH5640פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430וַיְמַלְאוּםvaymal'umand they filled themH4390עָפָר׃'afarearthH6083
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 21:30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
- Genesis 21:25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
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People and places
People: Abraham