Anyone in the end time who is speaking God's words fulfills this. Genesis 25:27-29 helps us to zero in on what Esau treasured. Therefore, even today, Israelites generally think and behave much like their father Jacob, while Edomites still retain the attitudes and drives of Esau. Isaac and Rebekah were so happy with their new family! God's love for Israel undergirds why hatred and violence against Israel is such a terrible transgression. Our Savior has already done His work, so if we finish our race, we will be saved. Women who have carried a child can relate to morning sickness and fetal movements, but what Rebekah experienced with these two fetuses engaging in wrestling matches in her womb is probably beyond our comprehension! . He treasured his time out in the wild, and he had dedicated his life to pursuing the chase. Jacob, rather than using his physical strength like Esau, employed perseverance and dogged tenacity, preferring to use clever deceits and inventive strategies to achieve his ambitions. The opening words of Numbers 24:17 emphasize the long-range nature of this final prophecy. Esau did not place a high-enough value on the birthright, so he sold it for a pittance. He was a man’s man, a skilled hunter, and a daddy’s boy—the favored son. Do not be like Esau (Hebrews 12:15-17), who had a great promise and inheritance and threw it all away for some temporary relief. If we consider just what Esau would inherit when Isaac died, it still was quite a huge amount of wealth. Jacob, like the tortoise, through much plodding persistence succeeded, while the more colorful Esau, like the hare, failed because he beat himself. I remember coming home from a hunting trip on shaky legs, ready to eat anything, even if I did not like it. To paraphrase he says, "What good is the birthright if I have to wait for it?" Soon thereafter, their "ally" Nebuchadnezzar took over their lands as he had done to Judah (see Jeremiah 27:3, 6), and it was not long before the Nabateans pushed them out of their ancestral homeland and into southern Judea, where they remained a subject people. The biblical account of the life of Jacob is found in the Book of Genesis, chapters 25–50.. Jacob and Esau's birth. Esau's utterly human reaction upon hearing Isaac's words is consistent with what we know of his personality: "So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob" (Genesis 27:41). He is author of Jesus Rose for Me, Jesus Came for Me, God Made Me for Worship, The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible and co-author of the PROOF Pirates and Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet Vacation Bible School curriculums. "Pride" in verse 3 is the Hebrew word zadon, from the root, ziyd. That God is the ultimate author of this message means that it will happen as advertised. Esau comes home hungry. Readers of the midrashic texts quoted above might assume that the rabbinic association of Esau with Rome points to God’s unequivocal rejection of Rome and Christianity. So, what is our particular "bowl of lentils"? How about the Sabbath and holydays? Even if we disregard the earlier promises given to Abraham and Isaac of descendants as numerous as the sand of the seashore, the Promised Land of Canaan, royal dynasties, and the gates of their enemies, Esau stood to inherit a literal fortune. In wits, then, he was no match for cunning Jacob. He grew up as Abraham’s grandson, a child of the promise who’d certainly heard about God’s call and miraculous leading firsthand. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that he has a powerful black mark against him, yet despite this stain on his reputation, probably almost everyone, upon first impression, would choose Esau as a friend and companion over Jacob. Thus, Isaac prophesies that Esau's descendants would live in an infertile, arid area. Isaac predicts that they will frequently come to blows, and occasionally, Esau's descendants will enjoy the upper hand for a time. As God says, he despised his birthright. . you . Evidently, Esau's wife "Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite" (verses 1, 24) was also a Horite, who were the people who "inhabited the land" of Seir (verse 20). In the Hebrew text there is a rapid series of verbs that show how Esau “despised” God. Esau was left to form his own house, but without the power, position, and wealth inherent within the birthright and the blessing. The book of John Chapter 1 verse 12 says " But as many as received Him, to them He gave the… When things get tough, the tough get going. When Esau migrated to Seir (verse 8), he essentially went to live with his Horite wife's family, aristocrats of the area (verses 29-30). Between them and their prize, however, walked a strung out line of Israelite wanderers, who seemed to be, not only laden with Egyptian loot, but also easy pickings. Richard T. Ritenbaugh Genesis 28:10-16 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.