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Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) · 34 of 73 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)

26:25-27:11

[26:25] And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well. [26:26] Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. [26:27] And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? [26:28] And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee, [26:29] that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of Jehovah. [26:30] And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. [26:31] And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. [26:32] And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. [26:33] And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. [26:34] And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: [26:35] and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. [27:1] And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I. [27:2] And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death. [27:3] Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison; [27:4] and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. [27:5] And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. [27:6] And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, [27:7] Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death. [27:8] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. [27:9] Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth: [27:10] and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death. [27:11] And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
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Covenanttheology

A binding agreement or relationship between the divine and a people or individual, establishing mutual obligations.

The passage centers on the making of a binding oath/covenant between Isaac and Abimelech's people, with mutual obligations of non-harm and peace explicitly stated.

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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The finding of water, the peaceful resolution of conflict, and the recognition that 'Jehovah was with thee' all point to divine active ordering of human affairs.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

Jehovah is portrayed as actively present with Isaac ('Jehovah was with thee'), a personal and dynamic reality observed by others.

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Prayerpraxis

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

Isaac 'called upon the name of Jehovah' at his altar, a clear act of direct address to the divine.

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