20. the shepherds of Gerar argued with Isaac’s shepherds, saying, “The water belongs to us!” So he named the well Esek, because they had quarreled there.
21. Then they dug another well, and they argued over that one too; so he named it Sitnah.
22. So he moved on from there and dug still another well, but over this one they did not argue. He named it Rehoboth, and said, “Because the Lord has now given us ample room, we shall flourish in the land.”
23. From there Isaac went up to Beer-sheba.
24. The same night the Lord appeared to him and said: I am the God of Abraham, your father. Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of Abraham, my servant.
25. So Isaac built an altar there and invoked the Lord by name. After he had pitched his tent there, Isaac’s servants began to dig a well nearby.
26. Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath, his councilor, and Phicol, the general of his army.