Genesis 26:14-16
had possession Gen 12:16, Gen 13:2; Job 1:3, Job 42:12; Ps 112:3, Ps 144:13-14; Prov 10:22 servants or, husbandry envied Gen 37:11; 1Sam 18:9; Job 5:2; Ps 112:10; Prov 27:4; Eccl 4:4 his father's Gen 21:30 had stopped In those countries, a well of water was a great acquisition; and hence, this mode of injuring new settlers, or revenging themselves on their enemies, is still resorted to among the inhabitants. Go Dr. A. Clarke observes, that this is the first instance on record of what was termed among the Greeks, ostracism, i.e., the banishment of person from the state, of whose power, influence, or riches, the people were jealous. mightier Exod 1:9
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