International Children’s Bible

Genesis 26:15-21 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

15. So they stopped up all the wells the servants of Isaac’s father Abraham had dug. (They had dug them when Abraham was alive.) The Philistines filled those wells with dirt.

16. And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave our country. You have become much more powerful than we are.”

17. So Isaac left that place. He camped in the Valley of Gerar and lived there.

18. Long before this time Abraham had dug many wells. After Abraham died, the Philistines filled them with dirt. So Isaac dug those wells again. He gave them the same names his father had given them.

19. Isaac’s servants dug a well in the valley. From it a spring of water flowed.

20. But the men who herded sheep in Gerar argued with Isaac’s servants. They said, “This water is ours.” So Isaac named that well Argue because they argued with him.

21. Then Isaac’s servants dug another well. The people also argued about it. So Isaac named that well Fight.