15For 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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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.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-25)Here we have, I. The tokens of God’s good-will to Isaac. He blessed him , and prospered him, and made all that he had to thrive under his hands. 1. His corn multiplied strangely, Gen. 26:12. He had no land of his own, but took land of the Philistines, and sowed it; and (be it observed for the encouragement of poor tenants, that occupy other people’s lands, and are honest and industrious) God bless…
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