14 He had livestock, both flocks and cattle, and many servants. As a result, the Philistines envied him.
15 The Philistines closed up and filled with dirt all of the wells that his father’s servants had dug during his father Abraham’s lifetime.
16 Abimelech said to Isaac, "Move away from us because you have become too powerful among us."
17 So Isaac moved away from there, camped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
18 Isaac dug out again the wells that were dug during the lifetime of his father Abraham. The Philistines had closed them up after Abraham’s death. Isaac gave them the same names his father had given them.
19 Isaac’s servants dug wells in the valley and found a well there with fresh water.
20 Isaac’s shepherds argued with Gerar’s shepherds, each claiming, "This is our water." So Isaac named the well Esek because they quarreled with him.