Genesis 26:15
What does Genesis 26:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 26:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now 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
King James Version · 1611For 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father, Abraham, had digged, filling them up with earth:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 21:30
And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
- Genesis 21:25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
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