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abraham
the father of isaac continued to
remember the words spoken to him by god
many years before god said
leave your country and your people and
go to the land i will show you
i will make you into a great nation and
i will bless you
i will bless those who bless you and
curse those who curse you
all the people on the earth will be
blessed for you
abraham taught isaac the importance of
obeying the words of god
so that isaac and all his descendants
would continue to receive the blessings
from god
many years later isaac married an
israelite woman
named rebecca
when rebecca became pregnant she and
isaac were very happy
and excited as the babies grew in her
belly
they became very active and moved around
continually
one day she asked the lord why are the
babies moving around so much
the lord replied two nations are in your
womb
they will be separated one people will
be stronger than the other
the older will serve the younger when it
was time for the babies to be born
they named the firstborn baby esau
he had red hair that covered his entire
body
and the second baby to be born had a
hold on esau's heel
and they named him jacob as the boys
grew up
esau loved the outdoors and became a
very good hunter
jacob was a quiet man and worked among
the tents
one day jacob was cooking a delicious
stew when his brother esau came in from
a long day of hunting
he said to jacob hurry and get me a bowl
of that stew
i'm starving jacob answered
i will get you a bowl of stew if you
will sow me your firstborn birthright
esau replied what good is a birthright
to me
if i'm going to starve to death
so esau quickly sold his birthright to
jacob
for a bowl of stew many years passed and
isaac grew very old
his eyes could no longer see and he knew
his time to die
was coming he called his older son esau
to him and said
please take your bow and arrow and go
and catch some wild game for me
prepare this meat for me then i may
enjoy it i'll give you my blessing
before i die
isaac's wife rebecca heard him tell esau
this so
she quickly called jacob to her she told
jacob
to go and kill two young goats when he
returned
rebecca told jacob to go and put on his
brother's clothes
she quickly prepared the goat meat and
then covered jacob's smooth skin with
the goat's skin
in order to trick his father isaac into
thinking it was esau
jacob took the food to his father and
said my father
yes my son who is it
his father replied i am esau your
firstborn
i have brought you the meat that you
want so that you may give me your
blessing
then isaac said to jacob please come
close to me
so that i can touch you and see if you
have the hairy skin of my oldest son
esau
and then i will know for sure
after isaac touched to jacob he said
you have the voice of jacob but the
hands of esau
are you really my firstborn son esau
i am jacob replied
isaac then ate to the meat that jacob
had brought him
and then spoke the blessing over jacob
may all the people serve you and the
nations bow down to you
you will be lord over your brothers and
may those who curse you be cursed
and those that bless you be blessed
this was the same blessing that god
spoke over jacob's grandfather
abraham many years before
when esau returned and was told that
jacob had gone
in and received the blessing before him
he was
very angry and upset he said to his
father isaac
jacob has taken my birth right and now
he's taken my blessing is there any
blessing
left for me he cried bitter tears of
sadness over losing his blessing
all isaac could do was tell esau that
from then on
he would serve his younger brother jacob
until the end
of his days
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