26:26-29
Abimelech had previously sent Isaac away, but now he comes to Isaac with the commander of the army. Isaac is somewhat bemused by this turn of events, and so he queries Abimelech. They may have been keeping an eye on Isaac and seen how things were working out for him. They wanted to have a treaty with him, thinking either that this would somehow protect them, or enable them to share in Isaac’s blessings. The attitude of the state to the church can sometimes be similar. There are times when the state wants the church, and times when they want to send the church away.
26:30-33
Isaac exercised hospitality towards them, then in the morning they made a treaty, and Isaac then sent them away peacefully. So there was a kind of reversal of the situation, with Isaac being the one dictating the situation. That day Isaac’s servants came to him delighted that they had found water. So the place was called Beersheba which can mean “well of the oath” or “well of seven”.
26:34,35
Our lives are usually a mixture of blessing and trouble. Things were no different for Isaac and Rebekah. They have been walking in the light of the Lord and seeing things progress, but now we read of their son Esau. He married two Hittite women. This was a failing on two counts. The first is having two wives, the other is marrying Hittite wives. This was a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
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