#19 Genesis 27-Lesson 2

GENESIS #19 Genesis 27 GENESIS 27: THE BLESSING If he e i an poin on which we should anxiously be on our guard, it is that of emp ing God .. he e God has decided, NEVER let us doubt, nor lag behind Isaac preferred a different decision about his sons than the one God had already made 1 THE BIRTHRIGHT IS NOT THE REAL ISSUE IN THIS SCENE Matter of who would be Bekhor had ALREADY been settled NAS Genesis 27:36 for he has supplanted me these two times? He took a a m birthright .now he has taken away my blessing. The Blessings and the Birthright are not necessarily connected The Birthright was established at the BIRTH of the heir 2 BLESSING AND BIRTHRIGHT ARE SEPARATE MATTERS Generally, birthright was NOT decided near the end of the life of current family leader Firstborn did NOT get everything Double portion could mean exactly double, but there was great latitude Matter in this chapter is about division of wealth 3 ISAAC IS 137 YEARS OLD ! Esau and Jacob were NOT kids! They were probably 77 years old Rivka decided to help God, by means of deception Does the end justify the means? 4 JACOB DECEIVES ISAAC Berakhah = blessing THINKING it is Esau, Isaac blesses Jacob This was NOT about being the bekhor This WAS about Isaac intending on giving Esau rights and pri ilege ha righ f ll ho ld ha e been Jacob 5 THE DEED IS DONE Jacob would have no sense of joy or humility Jacob s deception as SIN Esau comes back from the hunt, and discovers that he s been duped Esau says TWO things have been taken from him, 1) birthright, 2) blessing Esau didn t ant to be the bekhor, he just wanted the STUFF! 6 ISAAC BLESSES ESAU Isaac is limited in what he can do for Esau Blessings are NOT reversible VS. 39 (traditional) Yo r home ill be the richness of the earth and the dew of heaven from abo e LITERALLY; Behold, AWAY from the richness of the earth and AWAY from the dew of heaven will be o r home 7 EDOM S BLESSING AS ACTUALL A CURSE EDOM 8 RASHI TH 11 CENTURY AD Witnessed the Crusades Sa E a a a e Equated Esau with the Catholic Church and Rome Rashi has much to do with modern-day Judaism views Rashi had sympathy for E a ligh YET He al k e E a de i a be I ael enemy 9 OIL FIELDS AREA OF EDOM NEVER HAD OIL!! ARABIAN Fatness is NOT another word for IL PENINSULA 10 HAD ESAU BEEN HAPPILY BLESSED, HE WOULD NOT WANT TO KILL JACOB! Esau = Edom King Herod the Idumaean Idumaea is Greek for Edom Esau mixed with the descendants of Ishmael Much of the Arab world carries the genes of Esau Ottoman Turks, Syrians, Kurds of Iraq Turkey to play large role in End Times Majority of Muslims are related to Esau 11 Jacob is sent to his family in Haran of Mesopotamia Ki g Da id a he fi I ae i e e e E a descendants 1000 B.C. to 735 B.C. Ri ka a ea ed I aac ha ed f he Ca aa i e women to get him to agree to send Jacob away 12