Isaac
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.-Genesis 26:12-17***The Philistines descended from Noah the ark builder, Noah's son Ham, Ham's son Mizraim, and Mizraim's son Casluhim. The Arameans descended from Noah's son Shem, and Shem's son Aram. The Israelites descended from Shem's son Arphaxad, Arphaxad's great-great-great-great-great-grandson Terah, Terah's children Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). During a famine, Isaac began living in Gerar, Canaan, a region ruled by Philistine King Abimelech. The Lord God appeared to Isaac and spoke to him, and Isaac obeyed the command of the Lord God. Some of the male inhabitants in Gerar asked Isaac about Rebekah, and Isaac told the men that Rebekah was his sister. Abimelech realized the true relationship between Isaac and Rebekah and commanded that anyone who touched Issac or Rebekah would be put to death. In the Valley of Gerar, conflicts arose about the wells in the area, and Isaac moved to Beersheba, Canaan. Abimelech, and his friend Ahuzzath, and army command Phichol went to Beersheba and spoke with Isaac and made a covenant with him. When Isaac was elderly, and his eyesight was diminished, he told his oldest fraternal twin son Esau (Edom), his favorite, to hunt a specific animal and prepare a specific meal and Issac told Esau that he would bless him. Rebekah heard the conversation and prompted and prepared Jacob, her favorite, to deceive Isaac and cheat Esau. After Rebekah learned that Esau planned to kill Jacob, she spoke words to Isaac that led him to send Jacob from their home in Beersheba to Rebekah's family in Padan Aram, Haran. In Bethel (Luz), Jacob was asleep when he saw, in a dream, the angels of the Lord and saw and heard the Lord God speaking to him. During Jacob's 7th year in Haran, he was married to Leah and Rachel, the daughters of Rebekah's brother Laban the Syrian (Aramean). Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and daughter Dinah were born to Jacob and Leah. Dan and Naphtali were born to Jacob and Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant. Gad and Asher were born to Jacob and Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. Joseph was the 1st son born to Jacob and Rachel, and Rachel and Joseph were Jacob's favorites. During Jacob's 20th year in Haran, he began journeying home to Canaan with his family, servants, animals, and possessions. Approximately 1,900 years after Benjamin was born near Bethlehem to Jacob and Rachel, and Rachel died, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem, over 65 miles from Gerar, into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis, Exodus, Number 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra 1:1-11, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
Reference Scriptures
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.-Genesis 20:1
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. And Abraham said, I will swear.-Genesis 21:22-24
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