“From there he went up to Beersheba. And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.” So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.”

- ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭26‬:‭23‬-‭25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“(Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.) And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.” So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them. But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water, the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah. And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”

- ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭26‬:‭15‬-‭22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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“He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.” ‭‭

- Genesis‬ ‭26‬:‭14‬ ‭ESV

1. Why do you think the subject of immigration worth christian leaders talking about?

2. List some ways we as christian leaders should think about immigrants coming into the US, and immigrants being deported from the US.

3. What are some practical actions christian leaders can take that might make us the hands and feet of Jesus during different US immigration trends and policies?

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“Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.”

- ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭5‬:‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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“Then God went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.” ‭‭

- Genesis‬ ‭35‬:‭13‬-‭15‬ ‭ESV‬

“God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.”

- ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭35‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬