Saturday, February 25, 2012

Jan. 28, 2012 - Genesis 28

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him…
Although Jacob has just stolen the blessing, and Isaac was furious about his deception, Jacob is still his son. And if this family knows anything, it’s about how much they screw up, and how God keeps forgiving them and blessing them anyways. Welcome to the family Jacob. Blow it, get blessed anyways.

May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now live…
It’s official, Jacob gets THE family blessing. Isaac realizes that despite his plans, God meant what he said when he declared that Jacob would continue the family, and it would be through him that they would take possession of the land. Eventually.

Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac; so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebarioth and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.
Apparently he just now figures out how much trouble his marriages brought to the family. Maybe his parents never voiced their displeasure strongly enough, or maybe he just wasn’t listening, or simply ignored them. However, he certainly knew it was wrong in general, and that he wasn’t keeping his house focused on God, even if he didn’t realize the scope.
Anyways, to fix it he just marries a cousin as well. That fixes everything, right?

“I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
God appears, repeats Abraham’s blessing to Jacob, and promises that it is now his. And that Jacob will not be forgotten, but watched over.

“…and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”
Official promise to tithe. To give back some of these promised blessings.

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