“And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.”
So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said: she is really your wife! Why did you say she is my sister? Isaac answered: because I thought I might lose my life on account of her. The same confrontation that Abimelech made to Abraham in Genesis 20:9 is made to Isaac. The same question, the same exposure, the same admission of fear. The pagan king is again the morally clearer party in the exchange. Matthew 5:8 promises that the pure in heart will see God — Abimelek's consistent moral clarity across two generations is the testimony of natural law at work. The application: the same fear that drove your parents to compromise is available to drive you there too. Name it and resist it differently.
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