Hey guys, jumping into one of my favorite passages in Genesis, a rich with teaching, a rich with

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Hey guys, welcome back to today's podcast.

Glad that you joined us. We're in Genesis 27 today. And a famous passage, I think you'll see that

as it unfolds. And we want to talk about the blessing today, the blessing. So we know that

Esau unwisely traded his birthright for that bowl of soup,

but the dad, Isaac, still retained the prerogative to bless one of his children. Now,

obviously we know that Isaac favors Esau and he wants to bless Esau. And the blessing was an important thing.

It was more than just a prayer, but it was like a word from the Lord almost to say that this is

prosperity, this is a blessed future. It was something no doubt that the sun would prize above all things. And even though Esau had unwisely

traded in his birthright, at least there was this possibility of receiving the blessing.

And Genesis chapter 27 marks the time when that blessing finally would be realized in Esau's life. Watch what it says in verse one.

And it came to pass that when Isaac was old, his eyes were dim, he could not see. He called

Esau his eldest son and said to him, my son. And he said to him, behold, here am I.

So good, respectful relationship. A dad is called in his son. And he said to him, behold, here am I. So good, respectful relationship. A dad is called in his son.

And watch what Isaac says in verse two. He said, behold now, I'm old. I know not the day of my death.

I could die at any time is what Isaac is saying here. And the irony is that Isaac lived for at least 20 more years.

But he doesn't know.

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