Famine comes. Isaac goes to Gerar. And he tells Abimelech that Rebekah is his sister. The same lie his father told. The same cowardice. The pattern repeats. But God blesses Isaac anyway—his crops yield a hundredfold. The Philistines fill in his wells out of envy. Isaac digs them again. He names them Esek (contention), Sitnah (enmity), Rehoboth (room). Conflict, more conflict, then finally space. This is the rhythm of faith sometimes: dig, lose, dig again. Isaac isn't a dramatic figure, but he's faithful. And God appears to him at Beersheba: "I am with you and will bless you."

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