Big Ideas · 16 · Isaac and Rebekah

Challenging the audience's prejudice

Isaac assumes Gerar's men will kill him for his wife. It's Isaac who behaves badly, and the foreign king who calls him out.

The story rebukes its own readers.

Dig deeper

Elsewhere the Philistines are portrayed as aggressive; here their king pursues peace.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 263–264

Loading comments…