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🗓️ 21 January 2020
⏱️ 9 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:07.0 | We love hearing from you and we want to make that as easy as possible for everyone. |
0:17.0 | We do check our social media daily, but the best way to reach us is to visit our website, |
0:22.0 | the Bible Recap. |
0:22.9 | Recap.com. |
0:24.2 | We'll also link to that in the show notes. |
0:26.5 | Yesterday, Isaac and Rebecca had twin sons and God made an unusual promise to bless the |
0:32.0 | younger one, Jacob, instead of the older one, |
0:34.6 | Esau. We saw God's plan unfolding when older brother Esau sold Jacob the rights to |
0:40.8 | his inheritance in exchange for lentils stew. |
0:44.0 | And today we'll take a few more steps in that direction |
0:47.0 | when the sins of both Rebecca and Isaac also play a role in this. |
0:52.0 | Rebecca tricks her husband into giving his blessing to her favorite son, Jacob. |
0:57.0 | And in his heart, Isaac goes against the words of God by intending to bestow his blessing on the child God had not chosen for it. |
1:04.6 | Both parents sins were warring against each other. |
1:08.1 | Though it's worth noting that we can't be 100% sure Rebecca had communicated God's words to Isaac. |
1:14.0 | Jacob isn't sinless here either. |
1:16.2 | Not only that, but in the course of receiving his blessing, he refers to Yaway as |
1:21.1 | Isaac's God, but not his own. |
1:24.4 | By the way, a blessing is different than an inheritance. |
1:27.9 | It carries a lot more of a spiritual significance than just a financial one. |
1:32.0 | It's a very big deal, and once it's given, it's irrevocable. |
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