74 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 2 - Book 7 - Jacob's Wives & 12 Sons

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 7 JACOB, ESAU, BIRTHRIGHT Genesis 25-46 Esau now appears on the scene. Genesis 27:30-33 "And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob..." That didn't mean a thing to Esau. "...and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting." "And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me." "And Isaac his father said unto him, 'Who art thou?' And he said, 'I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.'" trembled..." Now, maybe I'm wrong, but I think Esau was the kind of man that Isaac realized was very capable of hurting old Isaac for what he had done. That's just a thought, but we have to realize that Esau is a man destitute of faith, and when people are destitute of faith, it affects their behavior. Genesis 27:33b-34 yea, and he shall be blessed." In other words, Isaac isn't going to take the blessing back. Now, let's look at verse 34: "And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father." Hebrews Chapter 12 and go to verses 16 and 17. Hebrews 12:16,17 "Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright." "Lest there be any fornicator (that is an immoral person), or profane person, as Esau (there you've got the Scripture's description of this man Esau. No faith! Because God's Word says so. Let's go on now to verse 35 in Genesis Chapter 27: Genesis 27:35,36 "And he (Isaac) said, 'Thy brother came with subtilty, (with deception) and hath taken away thy blessing.' And he (Esau) said, 'Is not he rightly named Jacob?'" We are sinners, rebels, nothing, we're enemies of God. Genesis 27:36b-38 "And he (Esau) said, 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? Jacob didn't take away his birthright. "hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?" "And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord (I had to point out to someone recently, this word "lord" in small letters is just a term of address. bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept." Esau doesn't come out of this experience and say from now on I'm going to believe what God says. I've got people in my classes that I've taught two years or longer, before they came to that place. And God has to do it in His own time. Genesis 27:41 "And Esau hated Jacob" Turn to Malachi: Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness." Anywhere the Scripture uses the word hate, at least as so far as God is concerned (remember it's a comparative word), it merely means that his love for Jacob was so much greater than it was for Esau. Here, I think Esau is using the word hate as the term we understand it to be. When the Scriptures said, "And Esau hated Jacob" how long has that hatred lasted? Genesis 27:41b-44 "And Esau said in his heart, 'The days of mourning for my father are at hand (He, too, thought that Isaac was about dead); then will I slay my brother Jacob.'" "And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, 'Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.'" She had caught wind of Esau's statement. Twenty years - and Rebekah never lived to see Jacob again. Genesis 27:45,46 Note, they didn't have God's Law yet. Had Esau killed Jacob, his own life would have been taken in a matter of hours. Esau had. Genesis 28:1-4 "And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, 'Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.'" The Canaanites were pagan, immoral and idolatrous, yet Esau was comfortable with them. But Isaac and Rebekah don't want Jacob to get involved with the Canaanite women. "'And God Almighty (if you remember, several months ago we pointed out the names of Deity, and this word Almighty is the Hebrew word El Shaddai. "'And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger (That is Canaan), which God gave unto Abraham.'" #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible