Genesis 26:1–5
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But the reality is that God's covenant is not a baton that is passed automatically. Each generation must apprehend the promises of God for themselves, by faith. Blessings are generational, but they must be received by each generation in its own time, in its own trial. And God, in His wisdom, often uses the same kinds of trials to test successive generations. History rhymes, and sacred history rhymes with a divine purpose. Famine in Scripture is never just a meteorological event. When the land of promise dries up, when the circumstances look bleak, where will the covenant man turn? Will he trust in the God who promised him the land, or will he trust in the apparent security of the world's breadbasket? Egypt, with its mighty Nile, was the symbol of worldly provision, human ingenuity, and pagan power.