So Esau was a big dummy. He shouldn't have been so capricious with his birthright. But there's no commandment that says "Thou shall not take things for granted."
HOWEVER...
"Honor thy father and thy mother"....Jacob honorred his mother, but certainly not his father when he tricked him.
"Thou shall not kill"....Jacob killed off most of his brother's family.
"Neither shall thou steal"....Jacob stole both Esau's birthright, and his blessing. Easy to steal, maybe, but stolen.
"Neither shall thou covet thy neighbor's goods"....I would assume that extends to thy brother's birthright.
So how come Jacob's still the good guy with God? Because the commandments weren't written yet? He didn't know better? If Jacob was meant to have the birthright, wouldn't it have been easier for God to have just pulled a switcheroo in-utero, and have Jacob be the firstborn? Would have saved alot of grief and drama!
2006-08-06
16:45:14
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♥Mira♥
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