19. But when Yitsḥaq’s servants dug in the wadi and found a well of running water there,
20. the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Yitsḥaq’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” And he called the name of the well Ěseq, because they strove with him.
21. And they dug another well, and they strove over that one too, and he called its name Sitnah.
22. And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not strive over it. And he called its name Reḥoḇoth, and said, “For now יהוה has made room for us, and we shall bear fruit in the land.”
23. And from there he went up to Be’ĕrsheḇa.
24. And יהוה appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the Elohim of your father Aḇraham. Do not fear, for I am with you, and shall bless you and increase your seed for My servant Aḇraham’s sake.”
25. And he built an altar there, and called on the Name of יהוה, and he pitched his tent there, and the servants of Yitsḥaq dug a well there.
26. And Aḇimeleḵ came to him from Gerar, with Aḥuzzath, one of his friends, and Piḵol the commander of his army.
27. And Yitsḥaq said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing you have hated me and have sent me away from you?”
28. But they said, “We have clearly seen that יהוה is with you. And we said, ‘Please, let there be an oath between us, between you and us. And let us make a covenant with you,
29. that you do no evil to us, as we have not touched you, and as we have done only good toward you, and have sent you away in peace. You are now blessed by יהוה.’ ”
30. And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
31. And they rose early in the morning and swore an oath with one another. And Yitsḥaq let them go, and they departed from him in peace.
32. And on the same day it came to be that the servants of Yitsḥaq came and informed him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”