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1223. Isaac Deceives Abimelech — Genesis 26:1-11

5/20/2020

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1223.

Isaac Deceives Abimelech 

 

Today's Passage: Genesis 26:1-11
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1. A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.

2. The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you. 
3. Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father. 
​4. I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
5. I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions."
6. So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

7. When the men who lived here asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said,"She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful."
8. But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.

9. Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, "She is obviously your wife! Why did you say 'She is my sister'?"
"Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me." Isaac replied.
10. "How could you do this to us?" Abimelech exclaimed. "One of my people might easily have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin."

11. Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: "Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!"
Genesis 26:1-11 NLT


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2 Comments
Robyn Cox
5/20/2020 12:33:40 pm

I'm still struggling about Isaac lying about Rebekah, not once but another time. Lying about her being his sister? I see why he did it. It all comes down to self-protection.

But, I don't want to be there. I am not saying that I wouldn't. I am saying, I don't want to. I know I am not strong, so I would probably be doing exactly what Isaac did. But there is this side of me that just jumps up and down and says, 'NOOOOO don't lie."

I am sure I have forgotten all the little 'white lies' I have expounded in my own self protection over the years. I'm old, 63. I'm glad God allows me to ask forgiveness for them in one swift - I'm an idiot God. Please forgive me. I have found that I am more aware of them than I was as a child but my fervent prayer on a daily basis: Abba protect me from myself. Keep me from unwise decisions.

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Bc
5/20/2020 04:16:58 pm

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