OK....here is a non-biblical "wandering" I had.....so, Abraham took another wife and had more children. I thought he got Issac when he was too old to have children...so, how did he have these children? I realize it is not important because God fulfills his covenant through Issac alone....but, I'm just sayin'........
Abraham left everything he owned to Issac....interesting.....no birthright issues came up....God's plan is in place...and Abraham dies. He is buried with Sarah. Ishmael gets his blessing from God and has 12 sons or nations.....and dies.
So many parallels with Abraham and Issac....Rebekah was barren.....she however, inquired directly of the Lord which I liked.....two nations were in her womb, God tells her. Apparently, she is comfortable with conversations with the Lord...I like that. Esau means hairy....he was also called red (Edom)...sounds like he was not a particularly attractive newborn! Jacob means "he grasps the heel" (figuratively, he decieves)....Wow....for the man who will be the third patriarch, this is not a very flattering name.......and he steals the birthright from his older brother. In that day, the older brother became the head of the household and received a double-portion of any inheritence....
Another famine hits the land (remember the nomadic existence and the desert conditions).....just like his father before him, Issac lies to a king (this is apparently not the same Abimelech that Abraham dealt with...probably a "dynasty" name).....the Lord protects the beautiful Rebekah (these hot women keep getting in trouble with kings, don't they) Even the pagan kings see that the Lord is with his chosen ones (see Genesis 26: 28).
Then Esau marries some pagan women and annoys his parents (does this happen in culture today????-well, perhaps not the multiple women...but pagan women.......ummmm-hmmmmm) Remember Abraham did not want Issac marrying the people they lived around...the Hittites......
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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Why can these men not get their relationship with their wives correct....she is my sister!! It almost sounds like it gives them the right to check out the locals........like father...like son........
ReplyDeleteso is Jacob gonna be trouble.......he doesn't start off to be really a good guy but more manipulative...taking his brother's birthright.....
Then Esau goes and marries someone who is nonbeliever.......that is a no no........
Ya know.....this is very relevant to today's society.....people manipulating others for their own benefit.....lying about relationships to get what you want.......kids defying parents and rebelling against everything taught....so WHY is this not taught in schools? hmmmmmm......more life lessons here than what many kids are getting at home......