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Genesis 26:15

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← Genesis 26:14	Genesis 26:15 (KJV)	Genesis 26:16 →
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.	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.	And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For all the wells^H875 which his father's^H1 servants^H5650 had digged^H2658 in the days^H3117 of Abraham^H85 his father^H1, the Philistines^H6430 had stopped^H5640 them, and filled^H4390 them with earth^H6083.

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Original Hebrew

וְכָל־הַבְּאֵרֹת אֲשֶׁר חָפְרוּ עַבְדֵי אָבִיו בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם אָבִיו סִתְּמוּם פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיְמַלְאוּם עָפָר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/כָל	ve./khol	H3605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ all
הַ/בְּאֵרֹ֗ת	ha./be.'e.Rot	H875	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ wells
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
חָֽפְרוּ֙	cha.fe.Ru	H2658	HVqp3cp	they had dug
עַבְדֵ֣י	'av.Dei	H5650	HNcmpc	(the) servants of
אָבִ֔י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ his
בִּ/ימֵ֖י	bi./Mei	H3117	HR/Ncmpc	in/ (the) days of
אַבְרָהָ֣ם	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
אָבִ֑י/ו	'a.Vi/v	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	father/ his
סִתְּמ֣וּ/ם	si.te.Mu/m	H5640	HVpp3cp/Sp3mp	they stopped up/ them
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים	pe.lish.Tim	H6430	HNgmpa	(the) Philistines
וַ/יְמַלְא֖וּ/ם	va/y.mal.'U/m	H4390	HC/Vpw3mp/Sp3mp	and/ they filled/ them
עָפָֽר	'a.Far	H6083	HNcmsa	earth

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H85 — אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'): contracted from אָב and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram; Abraham.
• H875 — בְּאֵר (bᵉʼêr, be-ayr'): from בָּאַר; a pit; especially a well; pit, well.
• H2658 — חָפַר (châphar, khaw-far'): a primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore; dig, paw, search out, seek.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H4390 — מָלֵא (mâlêʼ, maw-lay'): or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root; to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively); accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.
• H5640 — סָתַם (çâtham, saw-tham'): or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root; to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret; closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H6083 — עָפָר (ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'): from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
• H6430 — פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pᵉlishtîy, pel-ish-tee'): patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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