Isaac Blessed Because Abraham Obeyed God's Voice

Book of Jubilees 24:21

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

because thy father obeyed My voice, and kept My charge and My commandments, and My laws, and My ordinances, and My covenant;

And Abimelech charged concerning him, and concerning all that was his, saying: "Any man that shall touch him or aught that is his shall surely die."

And Isaac waxed strong among the Philistines, and he got many possessions, oxen and sheep and camels and asses and a great household.

And he sowed in the land of the Philistines and brought in a hundred-fold, and Isaac became exceedingly great,

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