Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, “She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him "Because I thought, 'Lest I die because of her.’ "GENESIS 26:9+How to Defeat ...  Read More

[Isaac] feared…GENESIS 26:7+How to Overcome FearThe godly should beware and be intent only on learning to cling to the Child and Son Jesus, who is your God and was made flesh for your sake. Acknowledg...  Read More

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah."GENESIS 26:7+N...  Read More

“And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."GENESIS 26:4-5+Abraham's RewardThes...  Read More

"Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father."GENES...  Read More

And the LORD appeared to [Isaac) and said . . .GENESIS 26: 2+Divine AppearancesIt is surely a great thing for God to appear to a human being and to fit His promises to a particular individual. For thi...  Read More

Now there was a famine in the land.GENESIS 26:1+The Purpose of AfflictionThe godly, too, are afflicted, just as Isaac endured want and famine in his time. He was a stranger and an exile, and he though...  Read More

Esau said, "I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?"GENESIS 25:32+What Use Is a Birthright?This is important evidence of Holy Scripture that Esau has already lost his birthright; for he ...  Read More

Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.GENESIS 25:27+The House That Is a Church[The Hebrew word translated as "quiet" here] denotes one who is simple, upright, blameless, and sincere in regard to hi...  Read More

Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field.GENESIS 25:27+An Indifferent Life[Esau] is completely smug and chooses a kind of life that is not irksome or difficult but pleasant and showy. . .. Such ...  Read More

She went to inquire of the LORD.GENESIS 25:22+God Has Promised to HearThis is written for our instruction and comfort, in order that we may learn to pray with full confidence and not to despair or hav...  Read More

Rebekah his wife conceived. The children struggled together within her. . .. So she went to inquire of the LORD. And the LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within yo...  Read More