Gen 25:19-26:11
25:19-34 {p} The seed of Isaac
26:1-33 {s} Contention over Isaac’s wife, and wells of water (the life of Isaac repeats events from the life of Abraham)
And YHVH appeared unto him, and said, “Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for unto you, and unto your seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham your father; and I will make your seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto your seed all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.” Gen 26:2-4
God said to Isaac, “In your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,” a near exact repeat of the promise God made to Abram.
Now YHVH had said unto Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, unto a land that I will show you; and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you; and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Gen 12:1-3
The seed of Isaac is the Promised Seed, Messiah Yeshua, who becomes the blessing for all the nations of the earth.
Gen 26:12-35
26:1-33 {s} Contention over Isaac’s wife, and wells of water (the life of Isaac repeats events from the life of Abraham)
26:34-35 {s} Esau’s wives
The life of Isaac repeats events from the life of Abraham in the Philistine’s contentions, and reversal to sue for peace. But Isaac also repeats Abraham’s character trait of relinquishing rights. Abraham’s wells, and the wells that Isaac’s servants dug, were his by right, but when the Philistines contended with him over them, he did not assert his rights but moved on. This is also Abraham’s character trait. The land was his by right, but when Lot’s herdsmen quarreled with him over it, Abraham gave Lot first choice. He relinquished his right, and, just as in Isaac’s case, God immediately came to him and reaffirmed the covenant with him. The character trait of relinquishing rights is a character trait of Messiah Yeshua.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Messiah Yeshua, who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Phi 2:5-8
Gen 27:1-28:9
27:1-28:9 {s} Jacob receives the blessing/ Esau’s jealousy (the life of Jacob repeats events from the life of Isaac)
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” Gen 3:15
Just as Abraham’s two seeds, Ishmael and Isaac, represent the line of the seed of the serpent (Ishmael) and the line of the seed of the woman (Isaac), Isaac’s two seeds, Esau and Jacob, represent the line of the seed of the serpent (Esau) and the line of the Seed of the woman (Jacob). The Seed of the woman, who is Messiah, bruises the head(ship) of the seed of the serpent, just as Isaac did of Ishmael’s, and just as Jacob did of Esau’s, by receiving the blessing God fully intended for him from his mother’s womb.
And YHVH said unto her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from your body; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.” Gen 25:23
Because Jacob was the blessed seed, the enmity of Esau was upon him, just as Cain’s was of Abel, and Ishmael’s was of Isaac, and, we will see, the sons of Jacob was of Joseph.
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