Genesis 26:15
 Genesis 26:15 
New International Version (©2011)
So all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac's wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.

English Standard Version (©2001)
(Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with earth.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father's slaves had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with dirt.

International Standard Version (©2012)
They filled in with sand all of the wells that Isaac's father Abraham's servants had dug during his lifetime.

NET Bible (©2006)
So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father's servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So the Philistines filled in all the wells that his father's servants had dug during his father Abraham's lifetime.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

American King James Version
For all the wells which his father's servants had dig in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father Abraham had digged, filling them up with earth:

Darby Bible Translation
And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.

English Revised Version
Now 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

Young's Literal Translation
and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

26:12-17 God blessed Isaac. Be it observed, for the encouragement of poor tenants who occupy other people's lands, and are honest and industrious, that God blessed him with a great increase. The Philistines envied Isaac. It is an instance of the vanity of the world; for the more men have of it, the more they are envied, and exposed to censure and injury. Also of the corruption of nature; for that is an ill principle indeed, which makes men grieve at the good of others. They made Isaac go out of their country. That wisdom which is from above, will teach us to give up our right, and to draw back from contentions. If we are wrongfully driven from one place, the Lord will make room for us in another.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 15. - For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father (vide Genesis 21:30), the philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. This act, commonly regarded as legitimate in ancient warfare, was practically to Isaac an act of expulsion, it being impossible for flocks and herds to exist without access to water supplies. It was probably, as the text indicates, the outcome of envy, rather than inspired by fear that Isaac in digging and possessing wells was tacitly claiming the ownership of the land.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

15. all the wells which his father's servants had digged … the Philistines had stopped, &c.—The same base stratagem for annoying those against whom they have taken an umbrage is practiced still by choking the wells with sand or stones, or defiling them with putrid carcases.


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Isaac's Prosperity
14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15For all the wells which his father's servants had dig in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for you are much mightier than we. …

Genesis 21:25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek's servants had seized.
Genesis 21:30 He replied, "Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well."