Like Father, Like Son

 

Genesis 26 tells a story with a familiar ring. Only 6 chapters earlier, the narrative is that Abraham once passed through Gerar and, worried for his safety, introduced Sarah as his sister. Eight decades later, his son Isaac arrives in Gerar under the same pressures and repeats the same line about Rebekah. It might have worked — if Isaac hadn’t shown a little too much affection for his “sister.”

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