GENESIS 27
32 His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” 33 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.” 34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” 35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” 36 Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. – Genesis 27:32-38
GENESIS 27 JACOB’S DECEPTION DISCOVERED
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
After Jacob received the blessing from Isaac, Esau comes
He wept so bitterly and begged Isaac to give him a blessing too
But Isaac, despite his anger at the deception couldn’t take it back
Jacob already got the blessing and now he will lord over Esau
Jacob will be served by all his other brothers as well
Esau continued to weep at his stolen birthright and blessing.
What a sad fate for Esau to carefully prepare a meal for his father Isaac so he could get the blessing, only to discover that his younger brother fraudulently stole it from him. At first, Isaac was so angry at the deception, but got his footing back and declared to Esau that he gave the blessing to Jacob already and cannot take it back. He cried and wept but I think that he had taken for granted both his birthright and the blessing. After all, Jacob was the chosen one and not him. It was God’s plan to have Jacob lord over all his brothers. It seemed cruel for Esau but it is God’s choice and nothing he can do about that.
REFLECTION
- Why is it important for us never to take for granted our gifts from the Lord?
