7. The men of that place asked him about his wife. He said, "She's my sister." He was afraid to say, "She's my wife." He thought, "The men of this place might kill me because of Rebekah. She's a beautiful woman."
8. Isaac had been there a long time. One day Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, looked down from a window. He saw Isaac hugging and kissing his wife Rebekah.
9. So Abimelech sent for Isaac. He said, "She's really your wife, isn't she? Why did you say, 'She's my sister'?" Isaac answered him, "I thought I might lose my life because of her."
10. Then Abimelech said, "What have you done to us? What if one of the men had sex with your wife? Then you would have made us guilty."
11. So Abimelech gave orders to all of the people. He said, "You can be sure that anyone who harms this man or his wife will be put to death."
12. Isaac planted crops in that land. That same year he gathered 100 times more than he planted. That was because the Lord blessed him.
13. Isaac became rich. His wealth continued to grow until he became very rich.
14. He had many flocks and herds and servants. Isaac had so much that the Philistines became jealous of him.
15. So they stopped up all of the wells the servants of his father Abraham had dug. They filled them with dirt.
16. Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Move away from us. You have become too powerful for us."
17. So Isaac moved away from there. He camped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
18. Isaac opened up the wells again. They had been dug in the time of his father Abraham. The Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave the wells the same names his father had given them.
19. Isaac's servants dug for wells in the valley. There they discovered a well of fresh water.
20. But the people of Gerar who took care of their herds argued with the people who took care of Isaac's herds. "The water is ours!" the people of Gerar said. So Isaac named the well Esek. That's because they argued with him.
21. Then Isaac's servants dug another well. They argued about that one too. So he named it Sitnah.
22. He moved on from there and dug another well. But no one argued about that one. So he named it Rehoboth. He said, "Now the Lord has given us room. Now we will do well in the land."
23. From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
24. That night the Lord appeared to him. He said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid. I am with you. I will bless you. I will increase the number of your children because of my servant Abraham."
25. Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. There he set up his tent. And there his servants dug a well.