Genesis 26:15 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 26:15

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.

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ASV

Now all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON GENESIS 13.2 (253)

This Isaac, therefore, our Savior, when he has come into that valley of Gerar, first of all wishes to dig those wells that the servants of his father had dug; he wishes to renew the wells of the law, of course, and the prophets, which Philistines had filled with earth.Who are those who fill the wells with earth? Those, doubtless, who put an earthly and fleshly interpretation on the law and close up the spiritual and mystical interpretation so that neither do they themselves drink nor do they permit others to drink.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For all the wells - the Philistines had stopped them - In such countries a good well was a great acquisition; and hence in predatory wars it was usual for either party to fill the wells with earth or sand, in order to distress the enemy. The filling up the wells in this case was a most unprincipled transaction, as they had pledged themselves to Abraham, by a solemn oath, not to injure each other in this or any other respect. See Gen 21:25-31.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הַבְּאֵרֹ֗ת	ha.be.'e.Rot	the wells	H875 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
חָֽפְרוּ֙	cha.fe.Ru	they had dug	H2658 →
עַבְדֵ֣י	'av.Dei	[the] servants of	H5650 →
אָבִ֔יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
בִּימֵ֖י	bi.Mei	in [the] days of	H3117 →
אַבְרָהָ֣ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
אָבִ֑יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
סִתְּמ֣וּם	si.te.Mum	they stopped up them	H5640 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
וַיְמַלְא֖וּם	vay.mal.'Um	and they filled them	H4390 →
עָפָֽר׃	'a.Far	earth	H6083 →

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Genesis 21:25
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
leads to
- Genesis 26:15–22
  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.
- Genesis 29:8
  But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
- Proverbs 27:5
  Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
- Proverbs 25:9
  Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
- Proverbs 17:10
  A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
Through
Genesis 21:30
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
leads to
- Genesis 31:52
  This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm…
- Genesis 31:44–48
  Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
- Joshua 22:27–28
  Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in…

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