May 4, 2018 - Day 26 - Genesis 26

I am writing from the guest bedroom at Frank and Andrea’s house in Poulsbo, WA after celebrating an evening of Frank’s birthday with margaritas and wonderful food, and watching Anthony Bourdain’s special on West Virginia, which I highly recommend.

Genesis 26:

There’s a big famine and Isaac consults Abimelek.  The Lord reminds Abraham not to go down to Egypt, to hang out where’s he’s at and he will be blessed.  Offspring are such a big deal during this time.

Some people ask Isaac if Rebekah is his wife and he says she’s his sister (like father like son), because he’s afraid they’ll kill him because she’s a hottie. 

After they’d been there for awhile, Abimelek spots Isaac putting the moves on Rebekah, and wonders why Isaac said she was his sister.  He says because he feared for his life.  Abimelek seems appalled but then orders no one to harm them.  Odd.

We are told that Isaac planted crops and reaped a hundredfold.  What if we all planted seeds of love?  Would we reap a hundredfold?

Isaac got rich and Abimelek told him to leave town because he’s too powerful, so Isaac moved away.  Isaac servants dug some wells and then gave those wells some names.

The Lord appears to Isaac and among other things, tells him to not be afraid.  Why is it important to tell him not to fear?

We close with the deal between Isaac the Lord, and Esau’s (unhappy) marriage. 

I’m frankly not sure what the point of this one was.

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