Genesis 26:12-22 - Conflicts Over Wells

¹² And Isaac sowed in the land, and found in the same year a hundred bushels; for the LORD blessed him. ¹³ And the man waxed mighty, and went forth and grew till he was exceeding great, ¹⁴ that he had possession of sheep, of oxen, and a mighty household; so that the Philistines had envy at him, ¹⁵ insomuch that they stopped, and filled up with earth, all the wells which his father's servants digged in his father Abraham's time. ¹⁶ Then said Abimelech unto Isaac, "Get thee from me, for thou art mightier than we a great deal."

¹⁷ Then Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley Gerar and dwelt there. ¹⁸ And Isaac digged again, the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham, and gave them the same names which his father gave them. ¹⁹ As Isaac's servants digged in the valley, they found a well of springing water. ²⁰ And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." Then called he the well Esek, because they strove with him. ²¹ Then digged they another well, and they strove for that also. Therefore called he it Sitnah. ²² And then he departed thence, and digged another well for the which they strove not: therefore called he it Rehoboth, saying, "The LORD hath now made us room, and we are increased upon the earth."