Today, I am reading and commenting on  Genesis 26-28.

Usually I try to write about spiritual lessons from the passage which I read. but today I just have some thoughts.

Why did Rebekah conspire with Jacob to trick Isaac into giving Jacob the blessing intended for Esau?  We were told in yesterday’s passage that Isaac loved Esau because Esau was a hunter of wild game and Isaac loved eating wild game, and we were told that Rebekah loved Jacob.  However,  the passage did not explain Rebekah’s love for Jacob.  It seems likely that Esau’s Hittite wives played a role in Rebekah’s preference for Jacob.  Actually, I suspect that the aspects of Esau’s personality which led him to take not one, but two Hittite wives contributed to Rebekah favoring Jacob over Esau.  Another question this passage raises: why wasn’t Isaac upset that Jacob had tricked him into giving him the blessing he intended for Esau?  Perhaps he was and the account just doesn’t mention it.  However, I think it likely that while Isaac loved Esau he was also disappointed in him.   After all, Abraham, Isaac’s father had arranged his marriage, but the passage suggests that Esau did not even consult his father before marrying two women whom neither of his parents liked.  Even after Isaac sent Jacob to Rebekah’s family to find a wife, Esau did not consult with his father over Isaac’s unhappiness with his wives.  Esau just went and married one of Ishmael’s daughters.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.