Genesis 25 For a bowl of stew

[seekeroftruth]

Genesis 25:29 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.[f])

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.​

f. Genesis 25:30 Edom means red.

The commentary this morning is from the easy English commentary.

The firm promise that Esau made was not enough. Their father Isaac had not agreed to it. And before Isaac died he must give his blessing to his oldest son. But God was working out his plan. God had already said that the older son would serve the younger son. (See verse 23.) And before Isaac died he gave his blessing to Jacob instead of Esau. (See Genesis 27:18-29.) He did that because Jacob cheated him. And Rebekah told Jacob what he should do. But this was part of God’s plan.

This verse, with verse 27, tells us about Esau’s character. He enjoyed hunting and he enjoyed eating. He did not think that his family was important. So it is not surprising that God did not choose him. But Jacob was not honest. He cheated his father Isaac and he cheated his uncle Laban. But God chose him and God made him an honest man.​

 

[b23hqb]

A re-tread of my post on the twins:

"Jacob wanted out first, but it was not to be. They were fighting in the womb, and the fight still goes on today. God's plan was fulfilled by His demonstration of how easily one can be overcome and fooled by human weakness (Esau's hunger was more important at that instant than the birthright of his inheritance). Nothing has changed - so many are more concerned with the world and their possessions than they are of their own eternity."

God's plan will be fulfilled, no matter what others think or feel about it.