Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Yesterday, Isaac and Rebecca had twin sons and God made an unusual promise to bless the

younger one, Jacob, instead of the older one, Esau.

We saw God's plan unfolding when older brother Esau sold Jacob the rights to his inheritance

in exchange for lentils stew.

And today, we'll take a few more steps in that direction when the sins of both Rebecca

and Isaac also play a role in this.

Rebecca tricks her husband into giving his blessing to her favorite son Jacob.

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.

Both parents, sins, were warring against each other.

So it's worth noting that we can't be 100% sure Rebecca had communicated God's words

to Isaac.

Jacob isn't sinless here either.

Not only that, but in the course of receiving his blessing, he refers to Yahweh as Isaac's

God, but not his own.

By the way, a blessing is different than an inheritance.

It carries a lot more of a spiritual significance than just a financial one.

It's a very big deal.

And once it's given, it's irrevocable.

When Isaac was accidentally giving the blessing to Jacob instead of Isah, he uses some of

the very same phrases and ideas that God did in 2523.

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