Philistines muffle the wells out of jealousy, Pressa virtus non opressa (title on object), Emblemata Sacra è praecipuis utriusque testamenti historiis concinnata (Old Testament) (series title), Imagines et figurae bibliorum (series title), In the foreground the Philistines muffled the wells that Abraham's servants had once dug. They were filled with earth. The Philistines were jealous of the wealth of Abraham's son Isaac. King Abimelech thereupon advised Isaac and Rebekah to leave. In the background on the right, the flocks of sheep, goats and cattle on their way to the valley of Gerar where Isaac went to live with his wife (Gen. 26:15). With a motto in Latin above the image and a four-line caption in Latin below the print. The print is part of an album., print maker: Pieter van der Borcht (I), Bernardus Sellius, print maker: Antwerp, publisher: Amsterdam, 1582 - 1593 and/or 1613, paper, letterpress printing, etching, height 189 mm × width 245 mm
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