The Book of God: Rebekah, Jacob
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
I did not get as much read as I had planned. I’ve been busy as I posted. We don’t hear very much more about Isaac at all, but his wife Rebekah is an interesting study. She was apparently a very beautiful woman, but she was also deceptive. We’ll see the fruit of that in her son, Jacob.
Rebekah helped her favorite, Jacob, deceive Isaac and gain the blessing due the first-born son, which his brother Esau should have had. As a result of this, Esau vowed to kill Jacob and so he was sent away. Rebekah never saw him again. Esau had already traded his birthright to Jacob for food, so again we see a case of the younger son taking the place of the older. We’ll see that at least once more in Joseph’s sons. This is important in a historical context because it was typically the oldest son who led a family.
It’s worth noting that the deceiving Jacob was in turn deceived by Laban, his father in law. He bargained for one wife and was given another instead.
We’ll get to that on Friday 
