ISAAC (GENESIS 25:19 TO GENESIS 27:46).
After the heart warming record of the obtaining of a suitable wife for
Isaac as a result of the direct activity of Yahweh little is told us
about him. This is because during his lifetime important covenants and
theophanies were few and therefore there was no... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAAC AND ABIMELECH (GENESIS 26:1).
As we have been informed earlier, after the death of Abraham Isaac
moved to Beer-lahai-roi (Genesis 25:11). When therefore famine arose
in the land of Canaan he must have experienced great temptation to
slip, with his tribe and cattle, across the nearby border in... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down into Egypt.
Dwell in the land which I will tell you of. Sojourn in this land and I
will be with you and will bless you. For to you and to your seed I
will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore
to Abraham your father. A... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST THEOPHANY - PROMISE OF BLESSING AND PROSPERITY TO HIM AND TO
THE WORLD (GENESIS 26:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAAC AND ABIMELECH - A STORY OF WELLS (GENESIS 26:12).
Genesis 26:12
‘And Isaac sowed in that land and found in that same year a
hundredfold, and Yahweh blessed him. And the man became great (in
riches) and grew more and more until he was very wealthy. And he had
possessions of flocks, and posse... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BLESSING OF ESAU AND JACOB (GENESIS 26:34 TO GENESIS 27:45).
This passage was recorded in writing because it records the blessings
given to Jacob and Esau which were in the nature of a binding covenant
that could not be changed. They thus testified to the will of Isaac as
declared in those bles... [ Continue Reading ]