Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption,

and we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to

finish and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Hey, hey everyone, I am so glad to have you joining me for another episode of a year in

the Bible with Daily Grace, where we will be chatting through Genesis 25 through 27.

My name is Joanna Kimberl and it is such a joy to be your host through the book of Genesis.

Just a reminder to be sure to follow along on Instagram at Daily Grace Podcast, where

we post additional content related to this podcast and our weekly podcast, Daily Grace.

God has just given Isaac a wife, Rebecca, but we quickly find out that she is barren, which

means she is unable to have children. This feels like another obstacle to God's promise

of innumerable offspring. But Isaac prayed to God and he gave Rebecca not one baby, but

two. She became pregnant with twins. No obstacle can get in the way of God's promises.

But the babies in her womb start thrashing around violently and Rebecca is distraught and

probably in a lot of pain. God told her that the two sons would become two nations divided

against each other and he reverses the typical order of things when he says the older would

serve the younger. So these twins were named Jacob and Esau and they were super different

growing up. Jacob was clever, calm, cool and collected and Esau was a brony, hairy, hunter

and outdoorsman. And unfortunately their parents played favorites. Isaac loved Esau the most

and Rebecca loved Jacob. Jacob took advantage of Esau by making him sell his birthright,

which was his right to the inheritance as the firstborn for a bowl of lentil soup.

He was crafty and deceptive. But Esau is also sinful in this situation. He was more concerned

with his temporary satisfaction than the eternal promises of God. And the deception

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