BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: FAVORITE SON! #2

 

FAVORITE SON: ESAU & JACOB

Genesis 25:19-34

[19]This is the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot Isaac.

[20]Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.

[21]Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

[22]But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

[23]And the Lord said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.”

[24]So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.

[25]And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau.

[26]Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

[27]So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.

[28]And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. 

[29]Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.

[30]And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

[31]But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.”

[32]And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?”

[33]Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

[34]And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 27:1-2,4-8,10-15,18-23,27,30-32,34-36,38,40-41,43-44

[1]Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.”

[2]Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I do not know the day of my death.

[4]And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”

[5]Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.

[6]So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

[7]‘Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’

[8]Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

[10]Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he may bless you before his death.”

[11]And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.

[12]Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”

[13]But his mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”

[14]And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

[15]Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

[18]So he went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

[19]Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

[20]But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”

[21]Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

[22]So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

[23]And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

[27]And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: “Surely, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field Which the Lord has blessed.

[30]Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

[31]He also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”

[32]And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

[34]When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”

[35]But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”

[36]And Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

[38]And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

[40]By your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, That you shall break his yoke from your neck.” Jacob Escapes from Esau

[41]So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

[43]Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.

[44]And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away,

Genesis 33:1,4,9,16,18

[1]Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

[4]But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

[9]But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”

[16]So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

[18]Then Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

IF YOU CAN'T LOVE YOUR BROTHER!

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