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.