Monday, July 21, 2008
Genesis 25:27-34 (NIV)
27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents. 28 Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom. [g] ) 31 Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright." 32 "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?" 33 But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.
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Jacob seems to be a very trickery and deceptive boy, who seems to have waited for this decisive moment to snatch the birthright from his brother all life long....I wonder how much grudge and disappointment he must have had toward his father Isaac, who preferred Esau more. The fact that Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents (vs. 27), could suggest that he was a always thinking and planning for this grandiose day...Despite his deceptive heart, God still loved Jacob more than Esau somehow. I guess that Jacob's heart toward God was more upright and faithful....
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