Genesis 26:18–25

Quarrel over the Wells

18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which 1had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he 2gave them the same names which his father had 3given them.

19 But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of 1flowing water,

20 the herdsmen of Gerar aquarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well 1Esek, because they contended with him.

21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it 1Sitnah.

22 He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it 1Rehoboth, for he said, “2aAt last the Lord has made 3room for us, and we will be bfruitful in the land.”

23 Then he went up from there to aBeersheba.

24 The Lord aappeared to him the same night and said,

“bI am the God of your father Abraham;

cDo not fear, for I am with you.

I dwill bless you, and multiply your 1descendants,

For the sake of My servant Abraham.”

25 So he built an aaltar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.