- Bible
- Genesis
- Chapter 26
- Verse 14
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
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Gill's Exposition
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 Gen 21:25,
the Philistines had stopped them, and filled…
- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret, “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh, “command,” special order. חק choq, “decree, statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh, “law,” doctrine,…
Adam Clarke
He had possession of flocks - He who blessed him in the increase of his fields blessed him also in the increase of his flocks; and as he had extensive possessions, so he must have many hands to manage…
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…
Cambridge Bible
and a great household i.e. a large number of slaves and attendants.
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