“And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.”
So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. The compliance with Abimelek's request is without complaint or confrontation. Isaac moves without argument. The pattern of the covenant person in a foreign land is to comply with the host's authority while maintaining the covenant integrity. Romans 13:1 calls for submission to governing authorities. The application: moving when asked to move — without the drama of confrontation or the spirit of resentment — is the covenant person's posture in a land that is not yet fully theirs.
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