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All Isaac’s love was for Esau, who brought him game to eat; Rebecca’s favourite was Jacob. (Genesis 25, 28)
When a famine came upon the land again, like the famine which had visited it in Abraham’s time, Isaac was for leaving it; and he had reached the court of Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerara, (Genesis 26, 1)
when the Lord appeared to him and said, No, do not take refuge in Egypt; thou art to remain in the land of my choice. (Genesis 26, 2)
I will make that race plentiful as the stars in heaven, and grant the whole of this land to thy descendants; in thy posterity all the nations of the world shall find a blessing. (Genesis 26, 4)
Such reward shall Abraham have for obeying me, for keeping every command and charge I gave him, following observance and decree of mine. (Genesis 26, 5)
If anyone touches this man’s wife, his life must pay for it. (Genesis 26, 11)
In this country, Isaac began growing crops; and in that first year they yielded a hundredfold; such was the Lord’s blessing on him. (Genesis 26, 12)
Thus he became rich, and went on prospering more and more, until he rose to great influence; (Genesis 26, 13)
At last Abimelech himself said to Isaac, Separate from us; thou hast become altogether too powerful for us. (Genesis 26, 16)
but here, too, the herdsmen of Gerara disputed the rights of Isaac’s herdsmen, and claimed the water as their own. So he called the well, in memory of what had happened, the False Claim. (Genesis 26, 20)
And at last, when he had gone further on and dug another well, over which they did not dispute with him, he called it Freedom; Now at last, he said, the Lord has given us freedom to spread over the land. (Genesis 26, 22)
and here, the same night, he had a vision of the Lord, who said to him, I am the God of thy father Abraham; fear nothing, I am with thee. I mean to bless thee, and give increase to thy posterity, in reward of Abraham’s true service. (Genesis 26, 24)
