Bible Verses About Wells: Were a frequent cause of strife

Now Avraham had complained to Avimelekh about a well which Avimelekh's servants had seized.

They dug another well and quarreled over that one too. So he called it Sitnah [enmity].

He went away from there and dug another well, and over that one they didn't quarrel. So he called it Rechovot [wide open spaces] and said, "Because now ADONAI has made room for us, and we will be productive in the land."

the seven daughters of the priest of Midyan came to draw water. They had filled the troughs to water their father's sheep,

when the shepherds came and tried to drive them away. But Moshe got up and defended them; then he watered their sheep.