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Genesis 26 · Grade 5

The Lord Has Made Room

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In Genesis 26, God personally confirms the Abrahamic covenant to Isaac: I will be with you, and will bless you. He added, In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed. God grounds this promise in Abraham's obedience, and the chapter shows that the covenant is now Isaac's. Isaac obeys by staying in Gerar during the famine instead of going to Egypt.

The chapter is honest about Isaac's weakness. Fearing the men of Gerar, he repeats his father's deception about his wife. Abimelech discovers the truth and rebukes him. Still, God's blessing is undeserved and abundant: Isaac sows and reaps a hundredfold, and he becomes very wealthy. Prosperity provokes envy, and the Philistines stop up Abraham's wells and force Isaac to leave.

Isaac reopens his father's wells and gives them his father's names, honoring his heritage. When the herdsmen quarrel over Esek (contention) and Sitnah (enmity), he moves on until he finds Rehoboth (broad places). At Beersheba God reassures him, and Isaac builds an altar, calls on the Lord, and pitches his tent: worship comes before settling down. Abimelech then seeks a treaty, recognizing the Lord's blessing. The chapter ends sadly: Esau's marriages to Hittite women grieve Isaac and Rebekah.

Show What You Know

  1. How did Isaac show obedience at the start of the chapter?

  2. What does Isaac's prosperity show about God's blessing?

  3. Why did Isaac give the wells his father's names?

  4. What do the names Esek, Sitnah and Rehoboth show about Isaac's journey?

  5. What order of actions at Beersheba shows Isaac's priorities?

Think About It

  1. Isaac put worship before settling in. How can you put God first in your daily routine?

  2. In the New Testament, Romans 12:18 tells believers to live at peace with everyone as much as they can. How does Isaac model this?

Memory Verse

Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

Genesis 26:24 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you respond with kindness when others are jealous of you?
  • How can you be a peacemaker?
  • How can you build peace with someone who has been unkind to you?

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