Genesis 25:19-34
A lot of story in one little section of a chapter!
When we last left Isaac, he and Rebekah had just gotten married. Isaac was 40.
Now the newlyweds are ready for a family. So, they waited. And waited. And waited.
Nothing.
Finally Isaac takes it to God and begs for his wife to be able to conceive.
I love how it is worded.
Isaac prayed to the LORD for her."
Love.
So she does conceive. God blessed her. Double blessed her.
Twins.
What an experience that must have been. Rebekah could feel the twins struggling within her! So much so that she asks why this is happening.
And God is the one to answer her.
She thought she just had two babies within her.
Oh, no.
God tells her she actually has two NATIONS within her womb. Two groups of people.
What comforting words for a young mom to be.
We don't learn much about the boys' childhood other than the fact that the boys are radically different. Esau is ALL boy. He is out there hunting. Then there is Jacob. He is hanging out at home with his mom. Dad seems to favor one, Mom the other.
Then comes the deal.
One day Esau comes in from the fields. He is starving. Or at least he thinks he is. It just so happens that Jacob is cooking a big pot of vegetable soup.
Oh, that primal urge to eat.
Esau smells that soup and feels the gnawing pain of hunger in this stomach. And he decides he must eat some right now.
Jacob is a sneaky dude. He offers Esau some soup IF and only IF Esau will give up his birthright (since he was born first, even by a few minutes).
Tricky...yes.
What does Esau do?
Agrees.
Tricky...yes.
Tomorrow's reading: Genesis 26
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