NKJV 365 / Family Foundations

NKJV 365 Day Reading Plan

Day 166 of 365 Family Foundations The first institution ordained by God was the family. No more beautiful relationship exists in the world than that found in the family. This passage of the Scriptures gives a picture of three generations of one of the world's most renowned families. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were the sires of the family chosen by God to perpetuate the worship of the one true God and through whom the Savior would come into the world. The foundation of every family should be found in a relationship to God. This passage affords an insight into this family's relation to God. Isaac, possibly the least renowned of this trio of fathers, is pictured beseeching God for his barren wife. The basic purpose of the family is perpetuation of the race Isaac looked to God for help in providing children for this purpose. Taken from The Devotional Daily Bible Genesis 25:19-26 NASB 19 Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac; 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 Isaac prayed to the L ord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the L ord answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way? " So she went to inquire of the L ord . 23 The L ord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger." 24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.