Genesis 26:12-24

12Isaac planted crops in the land and they grew very well. They made 100 times the amount of food that he had planted. This was because the Lord blessed him.

13Isaac became rich. His riches continued to grow so that he became a very important person.

14He had many sheep, goats and cows. He also had many servants in his house. He had so many servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.

15So they took dirt from the ground and they filled up Isaac's wells. When Abraham was alive, his servants had dug these wells to get water.

16Abimelech said to Isaac ‘You have become too powerful for us. Go and live somewhere else.’

17So Isaac moved away from that place. He put his tents in the Valley of Gerar and he stayed there.

18Isaac dug the dirt out of the wells that Abraham had dug. After Abraham died the Philistines had filled them with dirt. Isaac gave these wells the same names as his father had given them.

19Isaac's servants went to dig in the valley. They found another well there. It was full of fresh water.

20But the shepherds of Gerar quarrelled with Isaac's shepherds. They said, ‘The water belongs to us!’ So Isaac called that well Esek, because they quarrelled with him there.

21So Isaac's servants dug another well. But the shepherds of Gerar quarrelled about that one too. Isaac called that well Sitnah.

22Isaac moved away from Sitnah and he dug another well. No one quarrelled with him about this well. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, ‘Now the Lord has given us a place to live. We will have many good things in this land.’

23From that place, Isaac went to Beersheba.

24That night the Lord appeared to him. The Lord said, ‘I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you. I will give you many descendants because of my servant Abraham.’