26:15For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

26:16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

26:17And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

26:18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

26:19And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

26:20And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

26:21And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

26:22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

26:32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.