Isaac and Rebekah start their family. They are blessed with twins. But that “blessing” comes with extreme sibling rivalry. We met Rebekah just a short while ago in our time together. She came from the land of Abraham’s family. She was Abraham’s great niece. Now she was his daughter-in-law. She married Isaac three years after […]
We see the final years of Abraham and all his children. Isaac was the child of promise but he was not the only one Abraham had. Nations came from him. The first thing we see in our reading today is that Abraham was lonely after Sarah’s death. He took another wife. Isaac was comforted after […]
The time has come for Isaac to take a wife. But Abraham has specific orders as to who that wife will be. She is not to be one of the Canaanites living in the land around them but one of his own relatives. I LOVE this story! My favorite stories are ones where you “can […]
Sarah has lived to see her son grow to be a man of 37 years old. But her time on earth has ended. Abraham wants a personal place to bury her. Abraham and company have been “sojourning” in the land of Canaan for 62 years. This is my calculation from the time he left Harran […]
This is one of the most pivotal stories in Abraham’s life. This is his greatest test of faith and obedience to God. It’s also one that I believe lived with Isaac for the rest of his life. I have thought of Isaac’s experience many times when reading this passage, but today I thought a little […]
