In the chapters in Genesis that should be about Isaac, he hardly shows up.

He plays a surprisingly passive role, which leads you to think how much we're missing

in his story.

After all, this is the son who willingly went with Abraham to be sacrificed, and therefore

was a similitude of the Savior.

This is the son his parents longed for through decades, and then, when we might get a chance

to meet him, he is whisked off the stage.

Hello, we're Scott and Marine Proctor, and welcome to Meridian Magazine's Come Follow

Me podcast, where today we'll talk about Genesis chapter 24 through 27.

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As chapter 24 begins, we are reminded that to this family, their covenant with God

is everything.

We are told that Abraham is getting old, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

If his posterity is to be a blessing to the whole earth, Isaac must marry someone who

can carry on that covenant line, and frankly, the women available in Canaan can't do that.

He must look far away.

As the very last thing we hear Abraham say in the scriptures, he calls his loyal servant

to him, who ruled over all that he had, and gave him a sacred and responsible mission,

which indicates just how much Abraham trusted him.

He is told, thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my

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