Book: [[Genesis]] Next chapter: [[Genesis 27]] # Overview ## [[Isaac]] moves to [[Gerar]] - (mirrors [[Abraham]] moving elsewhere?) - Due to famine, [[Isaac]] moves - The LORD advises him explicitly to not go to [[Egypt]] - Points out an alternative, and promises to fulfill promise to [[Abraham]] there - Said alternative implied to be [[Gerar]] ### Another [[Wife-sister narrative]] - See linked page for more details ### Esau marries troublesome [[Hittite]] - A very brief passage states that these two [[Hittite]] "caused [[Isaac]] and [[Rebekah]] great anxiety" # Details ## Comparison between promise to [[Abraham]] and this promise ## Comparison on [[Abmimelech]] # Questions - Name Abimelech again -- who was the last Abimelech? - Repetition of promise of Abraham (exact?) - Another sister thing -- when else did this happen? - Isaac reopens wells dug in time of Abraham in Valley of Gerar -- when did this happen? Make map? - Named town Beersheba -- when else does this town pop up in the Bible?