by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 27:40 (NKJV) “…’And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, That you shall break his yoke from your neck.’” Oppression only continues for as long as you let it. A revolution is the sudden and natural outburst of an oppressed people who are tired...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 27:32 (NKJV) “And his father Isaac said to him, ‘Who are you?’ So he said, ‘I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.’” Esau was a strange man indeed. Yes, while it seemed unfair that Jacob schemed away the patriarchal blessings meant for him, yet Esau was...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 27:22-24 (NKJV) “So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, ‘The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.’ And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him....
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 23, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 27:15-16 (NKJV) ‘Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.’ Understand...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 22, 2017 | Blog, Reflections From Genesis
Genesis 27:5-6 (NKJV) “Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son…So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, ‘Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother…’” Obviously, Rebekah was a schemer and Jacob must have learned quite a few of his...
