Genesis 26: Issac the Negotiator
During a famine, Issac was thinking of going to Egypt but God told him to go to Gerar. However, the apple doesn’t roll far from the tree and he used the same deception as his father by calling his wife his sister. In this case it was a lie unless your cousin is your sister. Abimelech probably caught on pretty quick and warned his people not to touch her. Anyway, God blessed Issac with great wealth and Abimelech told him to move away a little. So he redug his father‘s wells that had been filled in by Abimelechs men. The first two wells the herders of Gerar claimed as their own but he got to keep the third well which he called Rehoboth. Issac went to Beersheba and dug another well and God blessed him even more. Then Abimelech was afraid of how great Issac was becoming so he went to him and made a treaty.
Esau did what he should not have done and took two Hittite wives which became a source of contention.
Had this been Esau, he probably would have went to war with the Philistines but Issac was ever the negotiator and finally won out through peaceful means. I have a real problem with other people's behavior upsetting me and I hope I can take a page from Issac’s book – God will bless us, given the opportunity and by being patient.