Isaac The Well Digger Genesis 26

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In Genesis 26 there was a famine in the land. The events of Isaac in Genesis 26 mirror the events of Abraham's famine of Genesis 20. When Isaac was heading to Egypt, he went to the king of the Philistines (Abimelech) in Gerar along the way. Abimelech was the King's title and not a name, in the same way that Pharaoh and Herod are also titles. Most people do not know this and become confused because Abimelech that Abraham visited in Gen 20 was not the same person that Isaac visited. The Father told Isaac to sojourn in the land of the Philistines. Soujourn means he was a stranger and did not own the land v3. It was also at this time that the unconditional covenant of Abraham was confirmed to Isaac.

The Father confirmed to Isaac the blessing of Abraham. Isaac will become a multitude of nations, and that all the people of the earth will be blessed through him and his descendants V 4-5. 

This is very important: there is only one group of people that have fulfilled this unconditional covenant that the Father made with both Abraham and Isaac and that is of course the Caucasian. The Caucasian peoples of the world are descended from Abraham. Anyone that believes that a multitude of nations or worldwide blessings have came from the Jews, Blacks, Asians or any other people are either ignorant to history or you are flat out saying that the Bible is a lie. I do not expect anyone, and hope people don't just take my word for who a multitude of nations are or who the blessings of the world have come through. It's up to you to research if for yourself, and start asking questions. I pray you do. If the truth is to much for you and if you believe that the Bible is a lie, or if you will flat out deny the truth of history, then perhaps you should throw the Bible away and try a false faith such as the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Continuing on...

When Isaac dwelt in Gerar he told the men of Gerar that Rebekah was his sister. One day, the King (Abimelech) was looking out his window and saw Isaac sporting with Rebekah. At this point Abimelech knew Rebekah was his wife and he rebuked Isaac because he knew the God of Isaac was the true God and he told his people that if anyone touches either Isaac or Rebekah they would be put to death.

The events of this passage are similar to Abraham's events in the following ways.

There was a famine in the land.

Both people were heading to Egypt for food.

Both stayed in Gerar.

Both called their wife their sister.

Both wives were beautiful.

There was a concern by the King of committing Adultery.

The King rebukes both men.

During this time the Lord blessed Isaac with great herds, servants, and the Philistines envied him. The Philistines did not want Isaac sojourning near them anymore and filled in the wells that Abraham father of Isaac dug in that region, so Isaac would be forced to leave the area. Isaac departed the region and dug the wells again as he left and the Abimelech's men quickly claimed the wells as their wells and Isaac once again moves away from the area.

Finally Isaac's men dug yet another well and the Philistine men did not claim it as their own. This told Isaac that the Lord had finally made a space for him. At this point Abimelech came to visit Isaac. It was obvious that Abimelech knew that Isaac was of God and did not seek to kill him and his men, but rather sent him away in peace. One point I want to make is that although Abimelech knew who the God of the Hebrews was and respected the Lord, they in turn were not, nor did they become Hebrews. 

This title was exclusively reserved for Isaac and his children. Things could have gone wrong for Isaac. Isaac and his men could have ended up battling the Philistines for resources. There may have been a good chance they would have conquered the Philistines. I say this because Abraham, his father, had men that were able to rescue Lot from the confederation of Kings that attacked Sodom Gen 14:13-16. So if Abraham had men to accomplish this and Isaac was blessed a hundred fold, v12 then Isaac obviously had a lot of people at his disposal. 

Although Isaac was a rich man he did choose to live in peace with his neighbors as we all should. The Bible is clear that we should live in peace with all men if possible Romans 12:18 “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”