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Genesis 26:15

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.

KJV

omnes puteos, quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham, illo tempore obstruxerunt, implentes humo :

Vulgate

καὶ πάντα τὰ φρέατα ἃ ὤρυξαν οἱ παῖδες τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἐνέφραξαν αὐτὰ οἱ Φυλιστιεὶμ καὶ ἔπλησαν αὐτὰ γῆς.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/כָל הַ/בְּאֵרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ עַבְדֵ֣י אָבִ֔י/ו בִּ/ימֵ֖י אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֑י/ו סִתְּמ֣וּ/ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַ/יְמַלְא֖וּ/ם עָפָֽר

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Abraham

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
noun · 36×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
חָֽפְרוּ֙
chprv
verb · 22×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 14×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 2:17 — And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
  • Gen 21:25 — And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
  • Gen 21:30 — And 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.