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Prosperity and Philistine Envy
Genesis 26:12-17
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And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
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And the man was enriched, and he went on prospering and increasing, till he became exceeding great.
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And he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines envying him,
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Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father, Abraham, had digged, filling them up with earth:
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Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.
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So he departed, and came to the torrent of Gerara, to dwell there:
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