Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:“Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,and away from the dew of heaven on high.By your sword you shall live,and you shall serve your brother;but when you grow restlessyou shall break his yoke from your neck.”Now Esau hated Jacob because of theContinue reading “Genesis 27: 39-46….Murder threatened.”
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Genesis 27: 31-38 What remains?
He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.” His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” Then Isaac trembled very violentlyContinue reading “Genesis 27: 31-38 What remains?”
Greetings: Micah 6: 6-8….A favourite of mine!
With what shall I come before the LORD,and bow myself before God on high?Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,with calves a year old?Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,with ten thousands of rivers of oil?Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,the fruit of my body for the sin of myContinue reading “Greetings: Micah 6: 6-8….A favourite of mine!”
Genesis 27: 18-25…..1+2=4
So he went in to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?” Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.” But IsaacContinue reading “Genesis 27: 18-25…..1+2=4”
Genesis 27: 9-17…..A meal – planned and prepared.
Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves. And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.” But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, myContinue reading “Genesis 27: 9-17…..A meal – planned and prepared.”
Genesis 27: 26-30…..Complications.
Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.” So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said,“See, the smell of my sonis as the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed!May God give you of theContinue reading “Genesis 27: 26-30…..Complications.”
Genesis 26:34 -27:9….Bad blood and sneaky!
When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his olderContinue reading “Genesis 26:34 -27:9….Bad blood and sneaky!”
Genesis 26: 26-33…. Why this visit?
When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army, Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?” They said, “We see plainly that the LORD has been with you. So we said,Continue reading “Genesis 26: 26-33…. Why this visit?”
Genesis 26: 19-26….An uneasy peace.
But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water, the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, soContinue reading “Genesis 26: 19-26….An uneasy peace.”
Genesis 26: 12-18….Jealousy and a shift necessary.
And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The LORD blessed him, and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy. He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him. (Now the Philistines had stopped andContinue reading “Genesis 26: 12-18….Jealousy and a shift necessary.”
As I read it! 