Read Genesis 26.1-33 Stories about Isaac and Abimelech.
Several incidents in Isaac's life repeat similar events in the life of his father Abraham.
Examples include divine promises of land and descendants (12.1-3; 26.1-5, 24), the building of altars (12.7-8; 13.18; 26.25), a wife-sister incident with Abimelech (20.1-18; 26.6-11), conflicts over the ownership of wells (21.25-34; 26.17-25), and a covenant of peace with Amibelech
(21.22-24; 26.26-31).
In verse 8 the writer again puns on the name Isaac: the king saw Isaac ("yitshaq") fondling ("metsaheq") his wife.
In verse 33 Shibah is a wordplay on the Hebrew verb "to exchange an oath" ("shb," v. 31).
Shibah is an alternate place name for Beer-sheba ("Well of the oath," 21.31).
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