Category: Genesis Chapter 26
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A Grief of Mind – Genesis 26:34-35
Genesis 26:34-35And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. What a sad way to end the chapter. While Isaac is digging wells, building altars, and learning…
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The Blessing They Could Not Deny – Genesis 26:23-33
Genesis 26:23-33And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake. And he builded an altar there, and…
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Room to Be Fruitful – Genesis 26:22
Genesis 26:22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. I love this. Isaac had already gone through Esek, which was…
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Meek Enough to Keep Moving – Genesis 26:21
Genesis 26:21And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. Again Isaac finds water. Again there is resistance. Again the blessing is followed by a battle. So he names the well Sitnah, a word that carries the idea of hatred. That is very revealing, because it…
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Contention After the Water – Genesis 26:20
Genesis 26:20And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. So Isaac finds living water in the valley. Wonderful. Refreshing. Necessary. But does that mean everything gets easy from there? Not at all. The very…
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Living Water in the Valley – Genesis 26:19
Genesis 26:19And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. That phrase, “springing water,” carries the idea of living water. And when you hear that, it is hard not to think of Jesus saying in John 7:38 39 that out of the one who believes on Him would flow…
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Dig Again – Genesis 26:15-18
Genesis 26:15-18For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of…
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Still Going Forward – Genesis 26:13-14
Genesis 26:13-14And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. I love the way this is written because it gives hope to every one of us who knows what…
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Back Where He Belonged – Genesis 26:12
Genesis 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. There is something beautiful here. Isaac had been humbled in Gerar. His fear was exposed. His lie came into the light. He admitted it plainly. No excuses. No polishing. No shifting blame. He just told…
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A Sin That Reaches Further Than You Think – Genesis 26:10-11
Genesis 26:10, 11And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. Why would…
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Fear, Honesty, and a Husband’s Calling – Genesis 26:8-9
Genesis 26:8, 9And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou,…
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The Echo of the Border – Genesis 26:7
Genesis 26:7And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. This does ring a bell, and it…
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Right on the Edge – Genesis 26:6
Genesis 26:6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: That is a short verse, but it says a lot. God told Isaac not to go to Egypt. So Isaac obeys, technically. He stays in the land. But where does he stay? In Gerar, a border town, as close to Egypt as he can get without actually stepping over…
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Stay in the Land – Genesis 26:1-5
Genesis 26:1-5And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn…