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1. What do you value in life?
2. Why do you value what you value in life?
3. This morning, we are going to study a passage in the Bible which serves as a valuable reminder to value what matters most in life.

Genesis 25:27-34

1. Chapter 25 is a new section in Genesis which focuses on Isaac and specifically his two sons: Esau and Jacob.
2. When Isaac was 40, he married Rebekah shortly after the death of his mother, Sarah.
3. Like Sarah, Rebekah was barren, so Isaac prayed to the Lord and the Lord answered his prayers. (25:21)
4. But soon it became clear to Rebekah that this would not be a typical pregnancy.
5. She inquired of the Lord and the Lord told her that she was pregnant with twins, each one the father of a future nation.
6. In fact, the battle in her belly was the first of many between the fraternal twins.

Genesis 25:23, The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; and two peoples will be separated from your body; and one people shall be stronger than the other; and the older shall serve the younger.”

7. Isaac was 60 when his boys were born.
a. Abraham would have been 160 years old.
b. So, Abraham lived to see the birth of his grandsons and enjoyed their presence for 15 years before he died at the age of 175.

Transition – What was Isaac’s family like? A big mess.

I. Value People as God Values People (27-28)

• Or to say it another way, “See people as God sees people.”
• How does God value us?
• How does God see us?

Jeremiah 31:3, I have loved you with an everlasting love

A. Not for what people can do for you

1. Let’s begin by looking at Isaac’s example.
2. Esau was Isaac’s firstborn son.
3. His appearance was a sign of his future.
a. Red points to his rugged nature.
b. Red also sounds like Edom, the name given to Seir, the future home of his descendants, located east of the Promised Land in modern-day Jordan.
c. Hairy like a little animal or full-grown man. Hairy also sounds like Seir.
d. And Esau was a lover of the outdoors, a man of the field.
4. Esau was a skillful hunter.
a. So, Esau is linked to the ungodly Nimrod, the mighty hunter. (10:8-12)
b. Esau is also linked to Isaac’s older brother Ishmael, the archer. (21:20)
5. This description is a confirmation that Esau was not chosen to further the Abrahamic blessing. (Genesis 12:1-3; 15:1-19)
6. But Isaac loved Esau because he loved the taste of wild game. (28)

APPL – Isaac’s conditional love sent the wrong message to Esau.

APPL – When we read this, it is wise to stop and ask, “Is someone’s value determined by their appearance, ability, or pedigree?”
• The world looks for and values those things.
• But God does not love us for those reasons.

The prophet Samuel thought Jesse’s oldest son was Israel’s next king until the LORD corrected him.

1 Samuel 16:6-7, When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before Him.” But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

The lesson for us is to value people as God values people, not for what they can do for you.

B. Not for what they might become
1. Now, we will turn to Rebekah and look at her example.
2. Jacob was always on Esau’s heels.
a. Jacob means “may He (God) protect.”
b. Jacob sounds like “heel” in Hebrew.
o Jacob grabbed Esau’s heel at birth.
o The name took on a negative meaning after Jacob stole Esau’s blessing.
o It was then associated with “one who grabs the heel” or “trips up” others.
3. Jacob was peaceful which suggests the idea of being complete or civilized. (27)
4. Jacob lived in tents. (27)
a. This links Jacob to Abraham and Isaac.
b. Therefore, Jacob is linked to the covenant blessing God established with Abraham and Isaac.

Hebrews 11:9, By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise


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