Genesis 26:6–11
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
They are not a curated collection of flattering portraits of spiritual giants. They are the inspired, inerrant, and often gritty record of God’s dealings with men. And the men God deals with are frequently stumbling, fearful, and prone to foolishness. We see this with painful clarity in the life of Isaac. And here, in Gerar, he falls into the exact same ditch that his father fell into. It is a story about the fear of man, which brings a snare. It is a story about the stunning beauty of a covenant wife and the moral ugliness of a compromised husband. But most of all, it is a story about the steadfast, sovereign, and sometimes embarrassing providence of God. And the very next thing Isaac does is demonstrate that he doesn’t quite believe it. And in this failure, we see one of the most striking patterns in all of Scripture: the pagan who behaves more righteously than the patriarch.