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Now we finally reach the point within the Sacred Scriptures, where the plan that Rebekah had designed against her husband Isaac, was now being put in play:

"My father," Jacob would address Isaac as his older brother Esau. "Yes, my son -- who is it?" Isaac would reply.

"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 as Esau.

Isaac would then ask his son: "How did you find it so quickly, my son?"

"The Lord your God gave me success." Jacob said, while telling a bold lie to his father.

"Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not." Isaac would say to his son. So Jacob would draw near to his father, Isaac would then reach out and touch him: "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau."

For Isaac did not recognize him, being that his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau. This was enough for Isaac to believe that he was dealing with his favorite son Esau. "Are you really my son Esau?" Isaac would ask once more. "I am." Jacob would tell his father.

Isaac would then instruct, who he believed to be Esau, to bring him some of the prepared game, so that he may eat and speak his special blessing out into his son life. So Jacob brought his father the game he requested, along with some wine in which he did drink.

"Come here, my son, and kiss me." Isaac would say. So Jacob who was disguised as Esau, in which he was wearing some of his brother best clothes, and some left over goats skins, that his mother had placed over his hands and neck -- went over to kiss his father. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he would speak this 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."

Now let's take a closer look at this blessing that was meant to be for Esau:

Now at the beginning of this blessing, that was meant for Esau, was already going to happen in my opinion. 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.

Now this is where, Isaac would find himself going against God's Word. 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, Jacob is the younger brother and so therefore Esau is destine to serve him, according to the Word of the Lord.

Now with this statement, it would seem that Isaac would try to incorporate the Abrahamic Covenant, that Esau had foolishly thrown away during a weak moment of hunger into this special blessing. Here is part of that Abrahamic Covenant that was spoken in 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?

The Introduction of Abraham

The Birth of Isaac

**YOUR CURRENT SERIES WOULD BE HERE**

Jacob - The Path of Uncertainty

Jacob - Wrestles with God

Joseph the Favorite Son

Joseph the Overseer of Egypt

The Unveiling of Joseph

28) The Twelve Rulers of Ishmael

29) The Birth of Esau & Jacob

30) Esau & Jacob - The Birthright

31) Isaac and the Canaan Famine

32) Isaac Lied About Rebekah

33) The Envious King Abimelech

34) The Battle of the Wells

35) Esau the Rebellious

36) Esau the Favorite Son

37) God has Checkmate

38) Rebekah's Deception

39) Jacob the Loyal Son

40) <-CURRENT PAGE->

41) Esau the Son of War

42) Esau's Heart of Vengeance

43) Jacob - The Path of Uncertainty

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