14. Likewise, he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very large family. Because of this, the Palestinians envied him,
15. so, at that time, they obstructed all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug, filling them with soil.
16. It reached a point where Abimelech himself said to Isaac, "Move away from us, for you have become very much more powerful than we."
17. And departing, he then went toward the torrent of Gerar, and he dwelt there.
18. Again, he dug up other wells, which the servants of his father Abraham had dug, and which, after his death, the Philistines had formerly obstructed. And he called them by the same names that his father had called them before.
19. And they dug in the torrent, and they found living water.
20. But in that place also the shepherds of Gerar argued against the shepherds of Isaac, by saying, "It is our water." For this reason, he called the name of the well, because of what had happened, 'Calumny.'
21. Then they dug up yet another one. And over that one also they fought, and he called it, 'Enmity.'
22. Advancing from there, he dug another well, over which they did not contend. And so he called its name, 'Latitude,' saying, "Now the Lord has expanded us and caused us to increase across the land."
23. Then he ascended from that place into Beersheba,
24. where the Lord appeared to him on the same night, saying: "I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham."
25. And so he built an altar there. And he invoked the name of the Lord, and he stretched out his tent. And he instructed his servants to dig a well.
26. When Abimelech, and Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the leader of the military, had arrived from Gerar to that place,
27. Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, a man whom you hate, and whom you have expelled from among you?"
28. And they responded: "We saw that the Lord is with you, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us initiate a pact,
29. so that you may not do us any kind of harm, just as we have touched nothing of yours, and have not caused any injury to you, but with peace we released you, augmented by the blessing of the Lord."
30. Therefore, he made them a feast, and after the food and drink,