17. So Isaac moved away from there, camped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
18. Isaac dug out again the wells that were dug during the lifetime of his father Abraham. The Philistines had closed them up after Abraham’s death. Isaac gave them the same names his father had given them.
19. Isaac’s servants dug wells in the valley and found a well there with fresh water.
20. Isaac’s shepherds argued with Gerar’s shepherds, each claiming, "This is our water." So Isaac named the well Esek because they quarreled with him.
21. They dug another well and argued about it too, so he named it Sitnah.
22. He left there and dug another well, but they didn’t argue about it, so he named it Rehoboth and said, "Now the Lord has made an open space for us and has made us fertile in the land."
23. Then he went up from Gerar to Beer-sheba.
24. The Lord appeared to him that night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid because I am with you. I will bless you, and I will give you many children for my servant Abraham’s sake."
25. So Isaac built an altar there and worshipped in the Lord’s name. Isaac pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.