ספר בראשית

Genesis 26,3. (some editions of the Kedushat ‎Levi do not contain this paragraph) sojourn in this ‎land…..for to you and to your descendants I will give this land ‎‎.as a result of Avraham having hearkened to My voice, etc.” ‎This verse sounds at first glance as if Yitzchok on his own ‎account did not have the merits required for him to stake a claim ‎to this land in his own right.‎It is known (in Kabbalistic circles) that Avraham constantly ‎endeavoured to restore the “sparks” that had escaped from the ‎‎Shechinah in the celestial regions, and that seeing that these ‎were to be found among the gentiles, this necessitated that he ‎visit countries other than the land of Canaan. Once he had ‎gathered them up, Yitzchok could begin to spiritually elevate ‎them. It would no longer be necessary for Yitzchok to leave the ‎Holy Land in order to search for any remaining “sparks,” that had ‎escaped the “Shechinah” and become tainted by contact ‎with the material world and its allures. This is what is alluded to ‎when the Torah speaks of ‎תולדות יצחק‎, “Yitzchok’s ‎accomplishments,” instead of ‎תולדות אברהם‎, “Avraham’s ‎accomplishments,” as Avraham did not have the merits of his ‎father to assist him in his task on earth. As a result of this lack of ‎זכות אבות‎, he had to sojourn in other countries on occasion.‎