Sunday, July 14 Abraham extended his residence as an alien in the land of the Philistines many days.—Gen. 21:34. When Lot was taken captive by invading armies, Abraham did not hesitate to rescue his nephew. (Gen. 14:14-16) Later, the Philistines “seized by violence” a well of water dug by Abraham’s servants at Beer-sheba. How would a man who had rescued his nephew by overcoming the four kings who had captured him respond to this act? Rather than fight back and repossess his well, Abraham chose to remain silent about the matter. In time, the Philistine king visited Abraham to make a covenant of peace. Only after he got Abraham to swear to him to be kind to the Philistine king’s offspring did Abraham bring up the matter of his stolen well. Shocked to hear about this, the king restored the well to Abraham. As for Abraham, he continued to live peacefully as an alien resident in the land.—Gen. 21:22-31. w11 8/15 3:10, 11
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:07:05 +0000
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