Synopsis:
There is a famine and Isaac moves around a bit. They end up
back in Philistine and Isaac tells everyone Rebekah is his sister. But the king
(Abimelech) sees Isaac and Rebekah together and wants to know why he lied. Same
old story – didn’t want to be killed just because his wife is beautiful. He is
allowed to stay and he becomes very wealthy. The Philistines grow jealous
and tell him to leave. He does and every well he digs to find water, the
philistines contest. He finally gets a well no one challenges him over and
thinks all is well. But the king Abimelech comes and wants to create a covenant
of peace. Esau gets married to a Hittite
and this upsets Isaac and Rebekah.
In other words:
Once Abraham dies, the Philistines start to reclaim his
wells and land. There is a famine which is probably driving this. Eventually
Isaac cuts the same deal with the king as his father did and all is well once
again, except that their oldest son Esau married a (gasp) Hittite.
Favorite bit:
That marrying a Hittite is cause for grief (Genesis 26:35)
Moral Lesson Learned:
If at first you don’t succeed, try try again (Genesis
26:18-22)
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