Les Feldick Bible Study

What did God promise Isaac when He repeated the Abrahamic Covenant in Genesis 26?

In Genesis 26, God promised Isaac that He would be with him, bless him, give him and his seed all these countries, perform the oath sworn to Abraham, multiply his seed as the stars of heaven, and bless all nations of the earth through his seed.

Les explains that after God made the covenant agreement with Abraham, He now refers it on to Isaac, the true son of promise. In Genesis 26, with a famine in the land, the Lord appeared to Isaac and told him not to go down into Egypt but to dwell in the land God would tell him of. God promised, 'I will sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee, for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swear unto Abraham thy father.' He continued repeating the Abrahamic Covenant: He would make Isaac's seed multiply as the stars of heaven, give his seed all these countries, and in his seed all the nations of the earth would be blessed, because Abraham obeyed God's voice. Les ties this to Canaan or Palestine being called the land of promise, since everything connected with it was based on the promises of God.

Genesis 26:4

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;