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Plus c’est la meme chose, plus ca change. Chapter 26 reads like a rerun, but upon closer inspection, each similarity to the earlier story with Abraham actually emphasizes that there are two radically different world views animating the two stories, resulting in significantly different outcomes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Isaac sees the world from a paradigm of scarcity. There isn’t enough to go around, so fight for what’s yours and protect your own. It’s a rational position, especially during a famine, and it’s also self-reinforcing. Once you start to look at the world in that way, the world naturally reacts in kind. Isaac’s suspicions feed the suspicions of the people of Gerar, a cycle of mistrust is built, incessant bickering ensues, and respite can only be found in distance and disengagement. <\/span><\/p>\n

This wasn’t the plan. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Divine mission God sets out in the beginning of the chapter is for Isaac to bring blessing to the nations. But that mission depends on a radical, and even absurd belief in abundance, and the subsequent decision to give, rather than to take. If you listen carefully, that’s exactly what God tells Isaac at the outset, and then repeats again in the middle of the chapter. <\/span><\/p>\n

And if you listen very carefully to chapters <\/span>20<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>21<\/span><\/a>, you’ll hear that this is Abraham’s attitude, even as he faced identical circumstances. Abraham’s paradigm of <\/span>chesed<\/span><\/i>, his insistence on giving to the other, is revolutionary, and transformative for the people around him. It demands great bravery in the face of reality, and great faith in God’s promise. <\/span><\/p>\n

Only when Isaac is prepared to transcend the hatred he experienced, and prepare a feast for Abimelech, is he able to begin a paradigm shift, and with that shift, to begin to realize the Divine mission of bringing blessing to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":45889,"id":45889,"title":"shutterstock_478487740","filename":"shutterstock_478487740.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/shutterstock_478487740.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/holidays-for-haves-and-have-nots\/shutterstock_478487740\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"shutterstock_478487740","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":45838,"date":"2018-12-18 05:54:26","modified":"2022-03-11 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