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Isaac Plans to Give Esau His Blessing
Chapter 27 is one of the saddest chapters in Genesis. Everyone is doing the wrong thing and this is especially true of Isaac. It all began when Esau and Jacob were born and when Isaac and Rebekah each chose a favorite son. This is a special warning to believing parents who are li …

Jacob Tricks Isaac In To Blessing Him
As this chapter opens Isaac was 137 years old and lived for another 43 years. The familiar story is given of how Jacob with his mothers help, received his fathers blessing through deception. It is a story of the fragmenting of a family over spiritual matters. As we read this we n …

Jacob Runs Away to Laban’s House
When Esau came home and found out the blessing he expected had been given to Jacob he was furious. Jacob had twice deceived Esau, by taking his birthright (25:27-34) and now by taking his blessing. It meant that Esau’s descendants (the Edomites) would occupy a land less fertile …