“The men of the place asked him about his wife, and out of fear he said, ‘She is my sister.’ He thought, ‘If I tell them she’s my wife, they might kill me in order to take Rivkah. After all, she is a beautiful woman.’”
Genesis 26:7
Haven’t we heard this story before? In Genesis 12:19, Avraham tried the same thing. In order to save himself from being killed because of his wife, he told a half truth in saying that Sarah was his sister. In agreeing to this idea, Sarah was married by the Pharaoh only to be found out as Avraham’s wife and released by the Pharaoh in fear of what Adonai would do. Now Yitz’chak was in the same position. However, instead of his wife being his sister, she was his cousin. And yet still, it was because of fear that this lie was made.
Yitz’chak followed in the ways of his father. This is both a bad and good thing. It is bad in the essence that he lied in this instance, but good in the essence that in many other areas he followed the faith of his father. This, though, is where I question myself. As my earthly father passed about a year ago now, I find myself still questioning if I am walking in the same faith that he charged me with. I also question if the legacy I am working to leave for my children matches the legacy he left for me. In a greater scope, I find myself questioning if I am walking in the ways of Adonai. Am I leaving a legacy for my children that reflects His ways? I know for a fact that my children see, and unfortunately follow in, my mistakes, but I want them to more so follow after Adonai, for He is the true leader.
Genesis 26:6-12
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