Genesis 25-27 - Isaac Blesses Jacob

The Death of Abraham

Gen 25:8 LSB - [8] And Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full [of days]; and he was gathered to his people.

Gen 25:10 LSB - [10] the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.

The Generations of Ishmael

The Generations of Isaac

Gen 25:21-22 LSB - [21] And Isaac entreated Yahweh on behalf of his wife because she was barren; and Yahweh was moved by his entreaty. So Rebekah his wife conceived. [22] But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this [way]?" So she went to inquire of Yahweh.

Esau Sells His Birthright

Gen 25:32-34 LSB - [32] And Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die; so of what [use] then is the birthright to me?" [33] And Jacob said, "First swear to me"; so he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. [34] So Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank and rose and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Yahweh Establishes the Oath with Isaac

Gen 26:4-5 LSB - [4] "And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and I will give your seed all these lands; and by your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; [5] because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."

Isaac and Abimelech

Gen 26:12-13 LSB - [12] And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year one hundredfold. And Yahweh blessed him, [13] and the man became great and continued to grow greater until he became very great;

The Quarrel over the Wells

Gen 26:24-25 LSB - [24] And Yahweh appeared to him that night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your seed, For the sake of My servant Abraham." [25] So he built an altar there and called upon the name of Yahweh and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug out a well.

Isaac’s Oath with Abimelech

Gen 26:34-35 LSB - [34] And Esau was forty years old, and he took as a wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and [also] Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; [35] and they brought bitterness to Isaac and Rebekah.

Isaac Calls to Bless Esau

Gen 27:13 LSB - [13] But his mother said to him, "Your curse be on me, my son; only listen to my voice, and go, get [them] for me."

Gen 27:16 LSB - [16] And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

Isaac Blesses Jacob and Esau

Gen 27:38 LSB - [38] And Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, [even] me also, O my father." So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

Heb 12:16-17 LSB - [16] that [also there be] no sexually immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a [single] meal. [17] For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

 Hymn 8 Esau by John Newton

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Poor Esau repented too late

That once he his birth–right despised;

And sold, for a morsel of meat,

What could not too highly be prized:

How great was his anguish when told,

The blessing he sought to obtain,

Was gone with the birth–right he sold,

And none could recall it again!

He stands as a warning to all,

Wherever the gospel shall come;

O Hasten and yield to the call,

While yet for repentance there’s room!

Your season will quickly be past,

Then hear and obey it today;

Lest when you seek mercy at last,

The Savior should frown you away.

What is it the world can propose?

A morsel of meat at the best!

For this are you willing to lose

A share in the joys of the blest?

Its pleasures will speedily end,

Its favor and praise are but breath;

And what can its profits befriend

Your soul in the moment of death?

If Jesus for these you despise,

And sin to the Savior prefer;

In vain your entreaties and cries,

When summoned to stand at his bar:

How will you his presence abide?

What anguish will torture your heart?

The saints all enthroned by his side,

And you be compelled to depart.

Too often, dear Savior, have I

Preferred some poor trifle to thee;

How is it thou dost not deny

The blessing and birth–right to me?

No better than Esau I am,

Though pardon and heav’n be mine;

To me belongs nothing but shame,

The praise and the glory be thine.