Scripture Blog

This weblog is my personal online scripture journal. I try to read the scriptures each morning as I exercise on my cross-trainer. It has a great impact on my life and my testimony of the Savior and his restored church. The journal is really for my own benefit but I have set it up as a web log in hopes to benefit anyone else that may be interested. "For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost..." 1 Nephi 10:19

Friday, January 10, 2014

Genesis 26

This morning I read the words of the Savior -

"...blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."  (Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 12:5)

Meek is defined as -

"enduring injury with patience and without resentment."  Merriam-Webster Dictionary

As I read of the nature of Isaac, meekness came to be as one of the qualities he possessed for -

"Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."  (Old Testament | Genesis 26:17 - 22)

I note the patience with no resentment or Isaac as he seemed to have conflict and injury with the herdmen of Gerar, even praising the Lord being blessed with this last well.  It was then, maybe because of his meekness -

"...the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. (Old Testament | Genesis 26:24 - 25)

Obviously, in his meekness, Isaac acquired great wealth (inherit the earth) even to the point that Abimelech approached him to make a deal that Isaac and his servants would not over power them.