Genesis 26:12-22 - Conflicts Over Wells

¹² And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year, a hundredfold, - seeing that Yahweh had blessed him. ¹³ So the man waxed great, - and went on and on waxing great until that he had waxed exceeding great. ¹⁴ So he came to have possessions of flocks gild possessions of herds, and a large body of servants, - and the Philistines envied him. ¹⁵ And as for all the wells which the servants of his father digged, in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stepped them up, and filled them with dust. ¹⁶ And Abimelech said unto Isaac, - Get thee from us, for thou hast become far mightier than we.

¹⁷ So Isaac went from thence, - and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. ¹⁸ And Isaac again digged the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines stopped up after the death of Abraham, - and he called their names, after the names which his father called them. ¹⁹ And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, - and found there a well of living water. ²⁰ And the herdmen of Gerar disputed with the herdmen of Isaac saying, Ours, is thee, water! So he called the name of the well Esek, because they had stirred up a quarrel with him. ²¹ And they digged another well, and they disputed over that also, - so he called the name thereof Sitnah. ²² And he moved on from thence and digged another well, and they disputed not for it, - so he called the name thereof. Rehoboth, and said, For, now, hath Yahweh made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.