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Genesis 26:15-22

15 So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.

16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”

17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.

20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

21 Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

Cross References for Genesis 26:15-22

Genesis 21:25 - Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized. Click to read the verse Genesis 21:25 Click to read the verse Genesis 21:25

Genesis 21:30 - He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.” Click to read the verse Genesis 21:30 Click to read the verse Genesis 21:30

2 Kings 3:25 - They destroyed the towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. ... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 3:25 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 3:25