Genesis 26:2
26:2 The
Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt;
settle down in the land that I will point out to you.
Genesis 26:1
Isaac and Abimelech
26:1 There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
Genesis 26:19
26:19 When Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,
Hebrews 11:13-16
11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised,
but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners
on the earth.
11:14 For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
11:15 In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
11:16 But as it is,
they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.