Genesis 26:23–25
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About this episode
He is sandwiched between his monumental father, Abraham, the father of the faithful, and his tumultuous son, Jacob, the father of the twelve tribes. Isaac’s life seems, at first glance, to be less eventful. He doesn't wrestle with angels in the same way. His greatest trial, being offered on Moriah, was something that happened to him more than something he did. Isaac’s life is a master class in the quiet, steady, and often contested work of inheritance. His job was to receive, to hold, to occupy, and to pass on the covenant. This is often a harder thing to do than pioneering. And in this chapter, we see that this is anything but a quiet life. Isaac has been driven from place to place by the envy and hostility of the Philistines. They have been stopping up the wells his father dug, which was a direct assault on his inheritance.