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NASB | Genesis 27:35 And he said, "Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 27:35 Isaac said, "Your brother came deceitfully and has [fraudulently] taken away your blessing [for himself]." |
Subject: Why Esau not got his blessing back? |
Bible Note: iktoose, The correspondence you and mark shared seems to have answered the questions and my thoughts would agree. It’s not really a matter of condoning things contrary to God’s will for reason of a better outcome, or breaking laws for good reasons. To me, it is a matter of relying on the sovereignty of God and the fact that what he desires to happen does in fact happen. I would never agree that it is acceptable to break laws and to be deceitful and un-Christ like because we see a better result or a quicker result than letting God work it His way. We should never condone inappropriate behavior or unethical practices but inevitably, they’ll happen, we will sin. Isn’t it great, knowing that God can take our wicked ways and use them for His benefit if He desires to do so? Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Like Mark stated, and to which you readily agreed, Jacob would have still received the blessing even without Rebekah’s involvement, one way or another. One thing to which Scripture doesn’t elaborate on is Isaac’s deeper thoughts during all of this. As Matthew Henry pointed out, it is conceivable that Isaac remembered the divine oracle and came to his senses. And since the Scriptures don’t point out, it is also conceivable that Isaac wasn’t aware of it. I find the latter hard to believe however. (Just my own personal opinion.) What is quite evident from the Scripture though, is that Isaac favored Esau. In His favoritism it is possible that he was blind to the will of God for a time. As pointed out elsewhere in Scripture, favoritism is not a desirable characteristic and can be harmful. Colossians 3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. Isaac’s favoritism of Esau could have very well clouded his judgment and then he simply came to his senses and realized what had happened was God’s will, therefore, Jacob kept his blessing. Maybe I shouldn’t speculate, but I see a variety of life lessons learned from this particular incident with the heart of it being God’s sovereignty. WOS |