Genesis 26:15
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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:

Genesis 21:25
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

Genesis 21:30
But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

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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:

his father's.

Genesis 21:30 But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

had stopped.

Context
Isaac's Prosperity
14And he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines envying him, 15Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father, Abraham, had digged, filling them up with earth:16Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.…
Lexicon
So the Philistines
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (pə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

took
וַיְמַלְא֖וּם (way·mal·’ūm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4390: To fill, be full of

dirt
עָפָֽר׃ (‘ā·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

and stopped up
סִתְּמ֣וּם (sit·tə·mūm)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5640: To stop up, to repair, to keep secret

all
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the wells
הַבְּאֵרֹ֗ת (hab·bə·’ê·rōṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 875: A pit, a well

that
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

his father’s
אָבִ֔יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

servants
עַבְדֵ֣י (‘aḇ·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

had dug
חָֽפְרוּ֙ (ḥā·p̄ə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2658: To pry into, to delve, to explore

in the days
בִּימֵ֖י (bî·mê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of his father
אָבִ֑יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

Abraham.
אַבְרָהָ֣ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation


Additional Translations
So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.For all the wells which his father's servants had dig in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Phylistines stopped them, and filled them with earth.

And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.

Now 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.

For 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.

Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.
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