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Genesis 26:19-23

Genesis 26:19

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

Genesis 26:20

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

Genesis 26:21

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

Genesis 26:22

Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, “At last the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

Genesis 26:23

And he went up from there to Beersheba.