Why jacob steals esaus blessing

R eprinted with permission from the Orthodox Union. In their relationships with each other, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, and Esau, struggle between models of unity and connection and separation and deceit. We use cookies to improve your experience on our site and bring you ads that might interest you. Join Our Newsletter Empower your Jewish discovery, daily. Sign Up. Discover More. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.

Then I will kill my brother, Jacob. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran. Why should I lose both of you in one day? I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

All rights reserved. The best value in digital Bible study. No software to install. Try it FREE. Font Size Font Size. Previous Next. Then she gives Jacob the tasty dish she has prepared, and he goes in to his father. I have done as you told me. Peoples shall serve you and nations shall bow down to you; you shall be a master over your brothers, and your mother's sons shall bow down to you.

Those who curse you shall be cursed, and those who bless you shall be blessed! The ancients believed such prophetic blessings had the power to establish reality. Therefore, once the words have been spoken, they cannot be disavowed. As it is, Jacob has barely left the tent when Esau returns from hunting.

The trip has been successful, and he has prepared the game just the way his father likes it. One might have expected some anger, but there is no indication that Isaac is angry. So what can I possibly do for you, my son? But Isaac and Esau have schemed together to by-pass Jacob. Now Esau, instead of getting it all, is left with nothing. Needless to say, Esau is furious with Jacob and plots his revenge. He decides to wait until the period of mourning for his father has ended, obviously believing that his father really is on his deathbed.

Little does he know that his father will live for more years. Unfortunately, she will never see him again. There is no doubt that scholars have a hard time with this whole incident.

He has the final say; he agrees to the deal. He knows what the terms are and makes his decision accordingly. Here, however, it is another matter. Up to this point, he is only talking to Esau. Subsequent events, however, leave Esau totally in the dark; he seems to have been truly victimized. So is Isaac, for that matter, although we find it hard to believe that even blindness could be given as a reason for not identifying the difference between real skin and goat hair.