Genesis 26:15

15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.

Genesis 26:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:15

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 ( Genesis 21:25 ) : the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth;
that they might be of no use; and this they did through envy to him, and is mentioned as a proof of it.

Genesis 26:15 In-Context

13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;

14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.

15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.

16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we."

17 Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.