KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 26:14–17
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Genesis 26:14
14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of heards, and great store of ‖seruants, and the Philistims enuied him.
- Or, husbandry.
Genesis 26:15
15For 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.
15For all the wels which his fathers seruants had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, the Philistims had stopped them, & filled them with earth.
Genesis 26:16
16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
16And Abimelech said vnto Isaac, Goe from vs: for thou art much mightier then we.
Genesis 26:17
17¶ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
17¶ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 26:14
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
possession
The state of having or holding; something owned, occupied, or controlled.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Groups of cattle or other animals kept or feeding together.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A supply laid up or available; a reserve, abundance, or plenty.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Subjected to envy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 26:15
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Dug; opened, excavated, or turned up the earth.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Closed, blocked, or restrained so that water, passage, hearing, action, or escape could not continue.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Made full; supplied with abundance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 26:16
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
More mighty, powerful, strong, or able.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 26:17
To depart: to leave, go away, withdraw, or die, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Set; planted; fixed; thrown headlong; set in array; smeared with pitch.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Low ground between hills or mountains, often watered by a stream.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 14
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Open the full verse study11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
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Open the full verse study9And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
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Open the full verse study4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
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Open the full verse study2And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
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Open the full verse study3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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Open the full verse study12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
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Open the full verse study2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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Open the full verse study22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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Open the full verse study4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
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Open the full verse study3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
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Open the full verse study13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
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Open the full verse study10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
From verse 15
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Open the full verse study30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
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Open the full verse study25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
From verse 16
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Open the full verse study9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
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