Promise 2

The Lord first pledges this inheritance to Abraham (Gen. 12:1–3), and then passes it on to his son Isaac. He must “dwell in the land of which I [God] shall tell you” (26:2), revealing Isaac as the “new” Abraham because his father was given a similar command. Notably, Genesis 26 also gives us the first inkling that Canaan is only the first piece of land the covenant community will possess. “All these lands” will come to Isaac’s descendants (v. 3), hinting that more, indeed the whole earth, will rest finally in the hands of the Israel of God — all those with faith in Him through Christ Jesus (Rom. 11).