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In the last article we how overall, the people within Isaac and Rebekah's household, were good people. We also took a look at how hard it was for Jacob to refuse his mother, after all the emotional support that she had shown towards him, during most of his young life. Be that as it may, we now move forward, and we've finally reach the point from within the Sacred Record, where we'd learned that the plan that Rebekah had designed against her husband Isaac was now being put in play: "My father," Jacob would address his father, while pretending to be his older brother Esau. "Yes, my son -- who is it?" Isaac asked. "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may give me your blessing." Jacob would tell his father. Isaac would then ask his son: "How did you find it so quickly, my son?" Jacob replied by saying: "The Lord your God gave me success." After hearing this Isaac responded by saying: "Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not." So Jacob would draw near to his father and it would be at this point that Isaac would then reach out and touch him and say: "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." Keep in mind that Isaac eyesight was extremely weak (perhaps blind) and he did not recognize Jacob. And being that Jacob's hands were made to be hairy like those of his brother Esau, finally convinced Isaac that he was dealing with his favorite son Esau, instead of Jacob: "Are you really my son Esau?" Isaac again asked. "I am." Jacob replied. It would be at this point that Isaac would then instruct, who he believed to be his favorite son Esau to bring him some of the prepared game, so that he may eat and speak his special blessing out into his son's life. So Jacob brought his father the game he requested, along with some wine in which he did drink. It would be at this moment that Isaac would tell his son: "Come here, my son, and kiss me." So Jacob who was disguised as Esau, by being dressed in some of his brother's best clothes, and had some left over goats skins placed around his hands and neck, went over to kiss his father. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, it would be at this time Isaac would speak the special blessing unto his life: "Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of the field that the Lord has blessed. May God give you of heaven's dew and of earth's richness an abundance of grain and new wine. May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the son's of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed." "May God give you of heaven's dew and of earth's richness an abundance of grain and new wine." Now personally I believe that it was at the beginning of this blessing (that was meant for Esau by the way) was already going to happen. For I believe that the skills and talents that Esau had when it came to the beast of the fields and the ability to subdue land was going to bring him great rewards in the first place. "May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the son's of your mother bow down to you." Now this is where Isaac would find himself in danger of going against God's Word. For he spoke a blessing that would declare Esau a great ruler over other nations - including his brother Jacob. But this is not what the Lord had spoken to Rebekah while she was pregnant with the two boys: "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger." -- (Genesis 25: 23) Remember that Jacob is the younger brother and so therefore Esau is destine to serve him - according to the Word of the Lord: "May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed." Now with this statement, it would seem that Isaac would also try to incorporate the Abrahamic Covenant that Esau had foolishly given away during a weak moment of hunger, when it came to this special blessing. Here's part of that Abrahamic Covenant that was spoken during Abraham's day: "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." -- (Genesis 12:3) Now that the blessing has been spoken upon Jacob, how will Esau respond to what just happened. Will he take what just happen with Isaac and Jacob well? Or will he seek vengeance against his younger brother? **YOUR CURRENT BIBLE STUDY ONLINE SERIES WOULD BE HERE** Jacob - The Path of Uncertainty 28) The Twelve Rulers of Ishmael 30) Esau & Jacob - The Birthright 31) Isaac and the Canaan Famine 33) The Envious King Abimelech 40) <-CURRENT BIBLE STUDY ONLINE PAGE-> 43) Jacob - The Path of Uncertainty  |
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