seekeroftruth
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Genesis 28:1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman. 2 Go at once to Paddan Aram,[a] to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3 May God Almighty(b) bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. 4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.” 5 Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
a. Genesis 28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7
b. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
When we left them in chapter 27, Rebekah was trying to send Jacob away so that Esau wouldn't kill him. Now we see that Isaac is passing the blessing Abraham received on down to Jacob.
This is from the blueletterbible.org site.
Perhaps now Isaac resigns himself to what his wife Rebekah told him was the LORD's will all along - that the older would serve the younger and that Jacob, not Esau, would receive the birthright. So he sent Jacob on with blessing and instructions.
It is essential Jacob not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan, as his brother Esau did. Jacob is the one who inherits the birthright and carries on the seed of the Messiah.
Essentially, this is the aspect of the birthright that Esau despised, but Jacob (who seems equally unworthy) will gain. Jacob is the one to carry on God's promise to Abraham.
Jacob is by no means worthy of this blessing. Each of the four parties in this whole birthright mess were in the flesh somewhere along the line. The amazing thing is that God could bring any good out of all this, and this is an example of a triumph of God's sovereignty.
Tragically, this is the last time Jacob will see his father or mother.
It is essential Jacob not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan, as his brother Esau did. Jacob is the one who inherits the birthright and carries on the seed of the Messiah.
Essentially, this is the aspect of the birthright that Esau despised, but Jacob (who seems equally unworthy) will gain. Jacob is the one to carry on God's promise to Abraham.
Essentially, Jacob is promised a land, a nation, and a blessing, even as Abraham was (Genesis 12:1-3).
Jacob is by no means worthy of this blessing. Each of the four parties in this whole birthright mess were in the flesh somewhere along the line. The amazing thing is that God could bring any good out of all this, and this is an example of a triumph of God's sovereignty.
Tragically, this is the last time Jacob will see his father or mother.
Oh what a complicated mess we humans are.
