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Genesis 26:15
ESV (Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father 's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)
NIV So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.
NASB Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with dirt.
CSB Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with dirt.
NLT So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac’s wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.
KJV 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.
NKJV Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.

What does Genesis 26:15 mean?

The previous verse told us the Philistines were envious of Isaac's enormous and growing wealth. Despite a famine which would have left most people struggling (Genesis 26:1), Isaac has managed a hundredfold return on his crops (Genesis 26:12–13). This explosive growth made Isaac and his family a dominant force in their region. This has already generated envy among the Philistines, and will soon result in fear (Genesis 26:16).

As happened with Abraham (Genesis 21:25–26), water rights have now become a point of contention between Isaac and Abimelech's people. The famine in the land might have been tied to a drought; this would make arguments over wells even more heated.

Isaac, apparently, had been using wells dug by Abraham's servants in the days that Abraham lived in Gerar (Genesis 21:30). Now the Philistines had filled those wells up with dirt, to slow down Isaac's progress and keep him from using the water. When something similar happened to Abraham, the prior king had claimed ignorance and, eventually, had made a treaty with Abraham (Genesis 21:31–33). This time, Abimelech's response to the dispute over water will be much different.
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