Jacob and Esau
Genesis 25:24-34 Twins born. Birthright sold.
Eating/drinking/sinning.
Isaac had a taste for game – V28 – and therefore he loved Esau-Rebekah loved Jacob.
Adam’s sin was eating the forbidden fruit. Genesis 3
Noah drunk and sinned (uncovered himself) Genesis 9
Lot drunk Genesis 19
1 Corinthians 8 We have liberty to eat meat, but not to eat it if it causes our brother to stumble.
Esau gave up something very precious for something that smelled good, but was very temporal.
Edith Schaeffer, "What Is My Mess of Pottage?" Christianity Today (March 14, 1975), p. 50.
"How often do we put the question to ourselves, 'What is my mess of pottage?' Are we in danger of being tempted to give up something very precious in order to indulge a sudden strong desire? The desire may involve greedy eating and drinking, lusting after money or material things, letting loose our anger in abandonment of reason, cursing God in despair or disappointment without even thinking of the trap Satan may be setting for us, or giving in to a sweeping sexual desire without waiting for the right framework. The mess of pottage that is dangerous to you and to me is any temptation to gratify the 'feelings' of the immediate moment in a way that shows we 'despise' the promises of the living God for our future."
Genesis 27:1-29 Jacob gets Isaac’s blessing.
An oral blessing was as legally binding as a written will in the ancient Near East.
Given that the Lord had told Rebekah that Jacob would receive the God’s blessing (25:23) do you think she was just trying to help God out? Is this the same thing that Sara did with Hagar?
Isaac intended to give the blessing to Esau. What does this say about his relationship to God?
How is God’s sovereignty shown in this passage?
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