#17 Genesis 25 Cont.-Lesson 1

GENESIS #17 Genesis 25 Continued W da e e f Ab a a b consisted of ONE kind of people 1 GOD DIVIDES THE WORLD EVERYBODY ELSE ABRAHAM / HEBREWS 2 3 IF ISAAC AND ISHMAEL HAD HE AME FA HER .. WHY is only ONE of them considered a Hebrew? PRINCIPLE: Genealogy establishes PHYSICAL identity, but the declaration of God establishes SPIRITUAL identity The term Hebrew BEGAN by denoting BOTH a physical and a spiritual identity God granted Isaac the SPIRITUAL status to be a Hebrew God did NOT grant Ishmael the SPIRITUAL status to be a Hebrew 4 SAME PROCESS WITH JACOB AND ESAU God would CHOOSE one of these twins as inheritor of the covenants Both Jacob and Esau had essentially the same DNA Both would SEEM to be Hebrews God divides by DECLARATION 5 6 7 TWO NATIONS LIVE WITHIN HER NOT normal! A struggle for dominance bekhor = firstborn The first one out of the birth canal will NOT be the bekhor, the 2nd will On-going theme What SEEMS to be physically, is not so spiritually NO division of firstborn ..ONE c a d the other loses out 8 .. he lde ill e e he ge .. Esau will NOT inherit the covenant promises Jacob is the bekhor (firstborn) on a SPIRITUAL level Esau is like Ishmael (physical firstborn) Jacob is like Isaac (spiritual firstborn) These two nations will have enmity towards one another 9 ESAU Se ar = hairy M . Se = M . Ha hairy mountain Rivka would have told Isaac what God told her Esau and Jacob ALSO would have been told and grew up with the knowledge that Jacob was to be bekhor 10 ISAAC CLOSE TO ESAU RIVKA CLOSE TO JACOB Jac b i c ki g ed e Lentils .. i ce I ab die Mea h ca e ? Esau is given a nickname of Edom Ed ea ed Edomites are descendants of Esau E a de i ed hi bi h igh11 WHY IS JACOB COOKING? Traditional for women to cook Wa Jacob a momma boy? Jacob and Esau about 15 years old at this time i ing Shiva Rites of MOURNING Sages say Abraham had just died! Len il o i he meal of mo ning 12 MOURNING TRADITION Immediate family members are NOT to cook for the 7 day period of mourning (sitting Shiva) Immediate family = father and mother, sister and brother, son and daughter, spouse Grandchildren are NOT immediate family OK for Jacob (grandchild of Abraham) to be he e c he ea f i g 13 WHY LENTILS? Eggs are also customary Round Circular nature of life Same patterns over and over again History is circular Darwinism and Secular Humanism says history is a straight line No patterns, the old dies away and the new is different 14 RIGHTS OF THE FIRSTBORN GO HAND-IN-HAND WITH DUTIES Esau very aware of the burden of responsibility that Abraham and Isaac carried Esau wanted NO PART of the responsibilities Rashi says : This shows the different world view of a righteous vs. a wicked person Righ e a ha a e d ie a d g a ? Wicked a , ea , d i k a d be e f I a die 15 ESAU WAS A HUNTER JACOB A MAN WHO LIVED IN TENTS This is explaining the CHARACTER of each man Tsayid = hunter Only Nimrod and Esau are called tsayid Tam = blameless, righteous Esau and Jacob are being contrasted T E a a ed b ed g e e 16