Genesis 26:18-23

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁸ And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names by which his father had called them.

¹⁹ Now Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of living [spring] water.

²⁰ And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he named the well Esek [contention] because they quarreled with him.

²¹ Then [his servants] dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he named it Sitnah [enmity].

²² And he moved away from there and dug another well, and for that one they did not quarrel. He named it Rehoboth [room], saying, For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

²³ Now he went up from there to Beersheba.