摘要
《創世紀》中有著很多令人耳熟能詳的族長敘事，其中有關亞巴郎、雅各伯和若瑟的敘事又最為精彩動人，然而夾在中間的依撒格則好像缺少了一些存在感。關於他，大家最為熟知的也許僅是「亞巴郎祭獻依撒格」（創廿二），然而哪怕是在這段敘事中，讀者的目光也多是聚焦在亞巴郎身上，並深深同情一位年老的父親如何面對天主要求他祭獻自己愛子的考驗。至於依撒格作為族長在《創世紀》諸傳統中所扮演的角色，在讀者們眼中則多是模糊不清。本文嘗試把依撒格作為一個獨立的角色，盡力還原《創世紀》最後編者所期待讀者可以辨認出的這位本是有血有肉的族長的特色。並以此為出發點，邀請讀者在閱讀《聖經》時更多關注其敘事中的諸多「次要人物」或「小人物」，他們雖然往往被粗描淡寫，但卻構成整體救恩敘事脈絡之不可或缺的環節。本文重點選擇解讀的經文是創廿四～廿六，介紹緣起於「井邊」的依撒格的婚姻，以及依撒格如何處理有關因「井」而出現的危機。因為「井」在依撒格生命中的重要性，依撒格的確可以被稱為「井邊」的族長。
並列摘要
There are many familiar patriarchal narratives in Genesis, among which the narratives of Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph are the most moving, but in the middle, Isaac seems to be neglected. Perhaps the best known of his stories is his sacrifice by Abraham (Gen 22). But even in this narrative, the reader's attention mostly focus on Abraham, and sympathizes with an elderly father who faces the test of God's demand that he sacrifices his beloved son. The role of Isaac as patriarch in the Genesis traditions is mostly obscure to the reader. This paper attempts to present Isaac as a distinct character, trying to restore the characteristics of this vivid patriarch that the final editors of Genesis expect the reader to recognize. In this way, the reader is invited to pay more attention to the many "minor characters" or "little characters" in the Bible's narrative, often sketchily described but integral to the overall salvation narrative This paper will focus on the interpretation of Gen 24-26 and will introduce the marriage of Isaac, which originated at the "well", and how Isaac dealt with the crisis that arose around the "well". Because of the importance of the "well" in Isaac's life, he could indeed be called the patriarch of the "well".