Jacob and Esau are twin brothers born to Isaac, Abraham’s son by faith.
First of all, in Nan, the name means that the skin is red from birth and the hair is red.
He grew up to be a tough man accustomed to hunting.
On the other hand, Jacob, with his tender disposition, lives in a tent and grows up with the love of his mother, Rebekah.
One day, after returning from the field, Esau is very tired and asks for porridge that Jacob has made. Esau immediately agreed without thinking deeply, and offered the birthright from God for a bowl of porridge.
Jacob, who has been weak since his youth, becomes concerned with receiving his father’s blessing. It’s a bowl of porridge, but at the time when Esau desperately wanted it, Jacob, who had him sell his birthright, seemed a bit cunning, but it shows how desperately he wanted the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, to be with him and bless him. On the other hand, it can be seen that Esau, where human ability was excellent, was not very interested in the world of God’s grace.
Isaac grew old and became blind, and one day he said to Esau, “If you hunt and make some of my favorite delicacies, I will eat them and bless you.” Isaac’s wife Rebekah, who overheard their story, tells her second son Jacob, whom she loves, and arranges a plan so that Jacob, not Esau, receives her father’s blessing. His mother, Rebekah, provided all the conditions to receive his father’s blessings, and Jacob had to do only one thing: faith to speak before his father, saying, “I am Esau, my father’s firstborn son,” by accepting all of his mother’s preparations and saying, “Cast the curse on me.”
In the end, Jacob’s voice was questioned by his father Isaac, but his mother, Rebekah, thought it was Esau because of the hair on her hands, and he was blessed.
Genesis 27 tells us that we cannot receive God’s blessings through actions or conditions, but only through faith.
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(Genesis 25:21) Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren, and the Lord heard his plea, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
(Genesis 25:22) The children were fighting among themselves in his womb, and he said, “What shall I do in this situation?” He went and inquired of the Lord.
(Genesis 25:23) The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; two nations will be divided from your womb. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
(Genesis 25:24) When the time for childbirth was fulfilled, there were twins in the womb.
(Genesis 25:25) The first one came out red, and his whole body was like a mantle, so he was called Esau.
(Genesis 25:26) The younger brother who came out later took Esau’s heel with her hand, so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.
(Genesis 25:27) When the children grew up, Esau became a man of the field because he was a skilled hunter, and Jacob, because he was a quiet man, lived in tents.
(Genesis 25:28) Isaac loved the game of Esau, so she loved him, and Rebekah loved Jacob.
(Genesis 25:29) Jacob made porridge, and Esau returned from the field and was very weary.
(Genesis 25:30) He said to Jacob, “I am weary; let me eat the red food.” So Esau’s nickname was Edom.
(Genesis 25:31) Jacob said, Sell his brother’s birthright to me today.
(Genesis 25:32) Esau said, “I am about to die. What good is this birthright to me?”
(Genesis 25:33) Jacob said, “Swear to me today. Esau swore and sold his birthright to Jacob.”
(Genesis 25:34) Jacob gave Esau bread and red bean stew, and Esau ate and drank, then got up and went away, because Esau neglected his birthright.
(Genesis 27:1) When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim and he could not see well, he called his firstborn son Esau and said, “My son,” and he said, “Here I am.”
(Genesis 27:2) Isaac said, “I am old now, and I do not know the day when I will die.
(Genesis 27:3) Therefore, take your utensils, your quiver and your bow, and go into the field and hunt for me.
(Genesis 27:4) Prepare the delicacies I enjoy, bring them to me, and eat them, so that I may bless you to my heart’s content before I die.
(Genesis 27:5) Rebekah listened while Isaac was speaking to his son Esau, and Esau went out into the fields to hunt.
(Genesis 27:6) Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,
(Genesis 27:7) Bring hunting for me and prepare delicious food for me to eat, so that I may bless you before the Lord before I die.
(Genesis 27:8) Therefore, my son, obey my word and do as I command you.
(Genesis 27:9) Go to the herd and bring me a good kid from there, and I will make it for your father a delicacy for his enjoyment.
(Genesis 27:10) You shall take it and give it to your father, that he may eat to bless you before he dies.
(Genesis 27:11) Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “My brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
(Genesis 27:12) If you touch me, I will be seen as a deceiver to you, lest I be cursed rather than blessed.
(Genesis 27:13) The mother said to him, “My son, I will lay the curse on you. Do what I say and go and get it.”
(Genesis 27:14) And he went and took some, and brought it to his mother, and the mother made her father’s favorite delicacy.
(Genesis 27:15) Rebekah took Esau’s firstborn son’s fine garments from her household, and put them on Jacob’s younger son.
(Genesis 27:16) And he adorned the smooth places of his hands and neck with goatskin.
(Genesis 27:17) He gave the delicacies and the bread he had made into the hand of his son Jacob.
(Genesis 27:18) Jacob went to his father and called out to him, “My father.” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
(Genesis 27:19) Jacob answered his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn son. I have done just as you commanded me. Please sit down and eat my game, and bless me to your heart’s content.”
(Genesis 27:20) Isaac said to his son, “My son, how did you catch it so quickly?” He replied, “The LORD your God has allowed me to meet safely.”
(Genesis 27:21) Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer, my son, whether you are indeed my son Esau or not. I am about to touch you.”
(Genesis 27:22) Jacob approached his father Isaac, and Isaac touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of his Esau.”
(Genesis 27:23) His hands were hairy, like his brother’s, so he was not able to discern them, so he blessed them.
(Genesis 27:24) Isaac said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “Yes.”
(Genesis 27:25) Isaac said, “Bring it to me, and I will eat the meat of my son’s game, and I will bless you with all my heart.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate, and brought him wine, and he drank.
(Genesis 27:26) His father Isaac said to him, “Come near me, my son, and kiss me.”
(Genesis 27:27) And he came near and kissed him, and his father smelled the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, saying, “The smell of my son is the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.”
(Genesis 27:28) May God give you the dew of the sky and the fatness of the earth, an abundance of grain and wine.
(Genesis 27:29) Peoples will serve you, and nations will submit to you; you will be lord of your brothers, and your mother’s sons will submit to you; let those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.
(Genesis 27:30) When Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, Jacob went out before his father Isaac, and immediately his brother Esau returned from hunting.
(Genesis 27:31) And he made a savory meal, brought it to his father, and said, “His father, get up and eat your son’s game, and bless me to your heart’s content.”
(Genesis 27:32) His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn Esau.”
(Genesis 27:33) Isaac trembled greatly and said, “Who then brought me the game? I ate it all before you came, and I blessed him.
(Genesis 27:34) When Esau heard his father’s words, he wept loudly and said to his father, “My father, bless me and do me also.”
(Genesis 27:35) Isaac said, “Your brother came cunningly and took away your blessing.
(Genesis 27:36) Esau said, “Isn’t it fitting that his name be called Jacob? This is the second time he has deceived me. Formerly he took away my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.”
(Genesis 27:37) Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him your lord, and I have given him all his brothers as servants, and have supplied him with grain and wine. What can I do to you, my son?”
(Genesis 27:38) Esau said to his father, “My father, is this the only blessing from you? My father, bless me and do the same to me.” And he raised his voice and wept.
(Genesis 27:39) His father Isaac answered him, “Your address will rise from the fertility of the earth, and from the dew of heaven that falls.
(Genesis 27:40) You will live by the sword and serve your brother, and when you are freed from the bonds, the yoke will be thrown off your neck.
(Exodus 34:19-20) All the firstborn are mine, and all the firstborn males of your livestock, oxen and sheep.
(Hebrews 12:16-17) Take care that no one is foolish like Esau, who sold his birthright for a bowl of food. As you know, after that he sought with tears to inherit the blessing, but was rejected and did not get a chance to repent.