Isaac’s life overlapped with Shem’s, a survivor of the deluge, for fifty years. One can imagine how Shem might have strengthened Abraham’s and Isaac’s faith in Jehovah’s prophecies and power to save.
La vida de Isaac coincidió con la de Sem, sobreviviente del gran diluvio, por 50 años. Uno pudiera imaginarse cómo tal vez Sem fortaleció la fe de Abrahán e Isaac en las profecías y el poder salvador de Jehová.
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Genesis, chapters 25-28
Last week’s reading taught me about resolving conflicts through faith and mildness.
In Genesis ch. 26 verses 16 & 17, we see how the Philistines grow afraid of Isaac due to his ever-growing prosperity and so their king asks him to leave.
As Isaac’s servants are working hard digging up his fathers’ old wells which the Philistines had stopped up, they find a new well.
Isaac decides to move on and they look for another well.
Again, instead of arguing with the Philistines, Isaac moves his men elsewhere. This time he is successful.
As a result, the Philistine king who had kicked him out now seeks him out to form a pact of peace between them.
Isaac’s mildness is blessed again as while this is happening, his servants find yet another well.
From this I see that when we make a genuine effort to foment peaceful relations with others, even when we know we are right and they are wrong, God does not abandon us and continues providing for our needs.