The Life of Jacob (5): That Fateful Day in Isaac's Tent (Genesis 27:1-40; Hebrews 11:9-16; 12:16-17) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. What the Family Did Wrong
II. What the Family Should Have Done
III. What Hebrews Says About the Family
Robert Harbach: “Therefore, the chapter [i.e., Gen. 27], so far from presenting us with an inspiring model of family life, jars our souls and senses with the shocking realization that covenant families are all too often characterized by jealousy, deceit, and anger ... It was as though they had more confidence in good that wrong would bring than in doing right, come what may. They should have left it all to God and been truthful with one another. When no one in the family can trust in doing the right, they all then corrupt one another. Esau’s sin was that he despised both God’s promise and His law. The trouble with the rest of the family was that they believed they could pursue the promise apart from the law” (Studies in Genesis, pp. 540, 541).
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