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12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year aa hundredfold; and the Lord bblessed him.  
13 The man abegan to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;  
14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines aenvied him.  
15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells awhich his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.  
16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for ayou are much mightier than we.”  
17 Then Isaac departed from there and1 pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.  
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Genesis 26:13-16

So it is very clear here that Isaac was a good man, a righteous man. He was trying to do things God’s way and he was also a very successful man. He reaped a hundredfold and the blessing here is said to have come from God.

This is how much God had blessed him. It says he had lots of servants. Of course, if he had great herds and great flocks, he needed a lot of people to help him. So he had a huge entourage, as it were, all these people depending on him, and he got so mighty, so powerful, so rich and prosperous that it made the king of Gerar envious and fearful that Isaac was going to become the ruler of the land. He would be the one that people would turn to. He would take over. So he peremptorily orders him “Out of here! Leave Gerar. Go further away.”

Excerpted from Resistance (Part Three): Persistence

Genesis 26:12-17

Did he stay around and fight them? Remember, he became very great. Now, when we understand, let us say, about Abraham's greatness, Abraham was able to put together an army. I want you to think about this. In a way, this is what Isaac inherited. Do you think Isaac could have put together an army? Oh yes, he could have because in his own right, he too was a king just like this Abimelech. But in his humility, he did not take the title at all. So Isaac just picked up and left.

Excerpted from Isaac

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