The three wells and the three Batei Mikdash
Why does the Torah describe Yitzchak's wells at such length? The Ramban explains that the story hints at the future. A well of living water alludes to the House of Hashem that Yitzchak's children would build. The first well, Esek (contention), stands for the first Beis HaMikdash, which the nations fought over until they destroyed it. The second, Sitnah (enmity), stands for the second Beis HaMikdash, surrounded by hostility until its destruction. The third, Rechovos (wide spaces), over which there was no quarrel, stands for the third Beis HaMikdash, which will be built without strife, when Hashem widens our borders.
Source: Ramban on Bereishis 26:20
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