The Lord’s First Promise to Isaac As we read this we can see how Isaac was a man easily persuaded by circumstances
and
willing to let these things bend and shape his life rather than forcing them to serve
him. He
finds himself overwhelmed by a famine in the land and decides to go down to Egypt
until it is
over. A …
Isaac’s Agreement With Abimelech Isaac’s prosperity made the Philistines envious of his wealth and as a result they filled his
wells with dirt. To stop-up or destroy a well in those days was considered an act of war. It
was
a deliberate way of infringing upon the territorial rights of another. Since these wells …
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The Lord’s First Promise to Isaac
As we read this we can see how Isaac was a man easily persuaded by circumstances and willing to let these things bend and shape his life rather than forcing them to serve him. He finds himself overwhelmed by a famine in the land and decides to go down to Egypt until it is over. A …
Isaac’s Agreement With Abimelech
Isaac’s prosperity made the Philistines envious of his wealth and as a result they filled his wells with dirt. To stop-up or destroy a well in those days was considered an act of war. It was a deliberate way of infringing upon the territorial rights of another. Since these wells …