Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the man was enriched, and he continued prospering as well as increasing, until he became very great. "
— Genesis 26:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:”
“And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great: ”
“The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.”
“The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent.”
“And the man was enriched, and he went on prospering and increasing, till he became exceeding great.”
“And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;”
“And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:”
And Abimelech said: “Why have you burdened us? Someone from the people could have lain with your wife, and you would have brought a great sin upon us.” And he instructed all the people, saying,
“Whoever will touch the wife of this man will die a death.”
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found, in that same year, one hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him.
And the man was enriched, and he continued prospering as well as increasing, until he became very great.
Likewise, he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very large family. Because of this, the Palestinians envied him,
so, at that time, they obstructed all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug, filling them with soil.
It reached a point where Abimelech himself said to Isaac, “Move away from us, for you have become very much more powerful than we.”