NET Bible
"Then Abimelech said to Isaac,“Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”"
— Genesis 26:16, NET Bible
“And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.”
“And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. ”
“Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much mightier than we."”
“Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.”
“And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.”
“And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.”
The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent.
He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.
Then Abimelech said to Isaac,“Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”
So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley.
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
When Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,