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🗓️ 21 January 2021
⏱️ 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. |
0:13.2 | We love hearing from you and we want to make that as easy as possible for everyone. |
0:17.6 | We do check our social media daily, but the best way to reach us is to visit our website, |
0:22.6 | thebibelrecap.com. |
0:23.6 | We'll also link to that in the show notes. |
0:26.3 | Yesterday, Isaac and Rebecca had twin sons and God made an unusual promise to bless the younger one, |
0:32.7 | Jacob, instead of the older one, Esau. |
0:35.5 | We saw God's plan unfolding when older brother Esau sold Jacob the rights to his inheritance |
0:41.5 | in exchange for lentil stew. |
0:44.1 | And today, we'll take a few more steps in that direction when the sins of both Rebecca and Isaac |
0:49.7 | also play a role in this. |
0:52.0 | Rebecca tricks her husband into giving his blessing to her favorite son Jacob. |
0:56.8 | And in his heart, Isaac goes against the words of God by intending to bestow his blessing |
1:01.9 | on the child God had not chosen for it. |
1:04.6 | Both parents, sins, were warring against each other. |
1:08.2 | Though it's worth noting that we can't be 100% sure Rebecca had communicated God's words to Isaac. |
1:13.9 | Jacob isn't sinless here either. |
1:16.1 | Not only that, but in the course of receiving his blessing, he refers to Yahweh as Isaac's God, |
1:22.2 | but not his own. |
1:24.2 | By the way, a blessing is different than an inheritance. |
1:27.6 | It carries a lot more of a spiritual significance than just a financial one. |
1:31.7 | It's a very big deal. |
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