Category Archives: Isaac

Jacob: a wife for the master’s son

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 27:41-28:9.   Rebekah did not want her son, Jacob, marrying like Esau did.  The Hittite women Esau married had made life bitter for her and Isaac.  But the real reason she wanted Jacob to move back to Paddan-Aram to stay … Continue reading →

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Isaac: blessing the “wrong” son

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 27:1-40.  What lesson could the Israelites possibly take from this story?  It is about how their ancestors Jacob and Rebekah deceived their ancestor Isaac, causing him to give his blessing to Jacob instead of Esau.   But perhaps the lesson … Continue reading →

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Isaac: Esek and Sitnah

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 26.  During a famine, Isaac and his family resettle in Gerar, where Abraham had sojourned before.  He re-dug some of the wells that Abraham had dug, because the Philistines had stopped them up.  Two of the wells he named … Continue reading →

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Isaac: surprises

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 25:19-34.  Isaac waited sixty years to hold the answers to his prayers.  He knew that God was going to bless him as he did his father, Abraham.  But he didn’t know that he would have to wait like Abraham … Continue reading →

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Isaac: other sons sent away

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 25:1-18.  Here we learn that Abraham had another concubine besides Hagar.  Her name was Keturah, and God gave Abraham five sons through her (1).  Like Ishmael, these sons of Abraham are significant historically, but they do not figure into … Continue reading →

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Isaac: a wife for the master’s son

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jefferson Vann

Genesis 24.   Abraham gave his servant specific instructions that he should travel the long distance back to Paddan-Aram and find a wife for Isaac there.  She should not come from the Canaanites.  The servant found Rebekah, who demonstrated the qualities … Continue reading →

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