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Genesis 26

In a famine Isaac stays at Gerar, where God renews Abraham's promises to him. He passes Rebekah off as his sister, grows rich, and quarrels with the Philistines over wells until God gives him room at Rehoboth and he makes peace with Abimelech at Beersheba.

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Sows in Gerar and reaps a hundredfold Esau's marriages grieve him

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Isaac was about 80: Sows in Gerar and reaps a hundredfold.
Genesis 26 falls between the twins' birth (60) and Esau's marriage (100).
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Isaac, ages 60–137: Wells in the valley
In Gerar Isaac reaps a hundredfold, then gives up well after well to quarrelling herdsmen until he reaches Rehoboth, "room". His fruitfulness looks like yielding rather than fighting. The same years hold a divided home (Gen 25:28) and Esau's marriages, which…

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