Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Jacob and Esau

Jacob and Esau were born to Issac and Rebekah, with Issac favoring Esau, the oldest, and Rebeckah favoring Jacob. Because Esau was older, he had birthright that Jacob didn't have. One day, Jacob was preparing a deliciously amazing meal and Esau came in starved after a manly man hunt. Esau begged Jacob for the food, but Jacob only gave it to him after Esau forfeited his birthright to Jacob. Then, when Issac was old and about to die, Jacob and Rebekah tricked Issac into giving Jacob his dying blessing by having Jacob slaughter goats from the flock and presenting the meal Rebekah cooked out of it while wearing fur in order to impersonate Esau.



I have an older brother, but he's much older than I am, so we were raised during different times. Because of this, I've never had to compete with him to get any birthrights. Actually, I probably have had more opportunities than he did, as I grew up in Lexington and he grew up in Kota Kinablu/Morehead.

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