Genesis 26:15

Isaac’s Prosperity

14He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.15So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

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Berean Standard Bible
So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
Now 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father Abraham had digged, filling them up with earth:
Free Bible Version
So the Philistines used dirt to block up all the wells his father Abraham's servants had dug.
Geneva Bible 1599
In so much that the Philistims stopped and filled vp with earth all the welles, which his fathers seruantes digged in his father Abrahams time.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
One Unity Resource Bible
Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham [Father of a multitude] his father, the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)] had stopped, and filled with earth.
Translation for Translators
So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Now all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up by filling them with earth.
Noah Webster Bible
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.