The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Each person has to experience and have a relationship with Christ and God. Abraham had his and now the mantle is passed to Issac. He was told to Gerah due to the famine in Canaan by God. Issac felt that the only way he could survive was to claim Rebekah as his sister rather than his wife. How similar was that when Abraham also encountered an Abimelech. I guess this was either a common name or was the title given to a king or leader of the Phillistines. I guess Isaac made the same mistake that his father did not realizing that their sense of sin was higher than both Isaac and Abraham thought. They too recognized that sleeping with another man's wife was a sinful act - punishable by death. Deception for self preservation was a family trait. It seems that Isaac still flourish under the Lord's supervision there and the questions of wells and their ownership came to the forefront. After being driven away by Abimelech given his wealth and power, he settled in a land that his father did. The Lord prospered him with water from his father's wells. Upon the realization that Isaac was blessed by God, the treaty between he and Abimelech was sealed with a meal. The chapter ends with Esau and his wives and their lack of relationship with Isaac and Rebekah.
Looking forward to tonight - going to see Courageous with Irene! Rain, glorious rain forecasted for tomorrow.
Praise for today: From the Lord comes deliverance. Ps 3:8
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