Why does Jacob steal Esau’s birth right, who helps him and why?

Question

Why does Jacob steal Esau’s birth right, who helps him and why? I know that is mother helps him and its not because she has a fav son, but I need further understanding!!!

Answer 1

Jacob did not steal Esau's birth right, Esau sold it to him.

One day Esau, tired and hungry, came along from the field while Jacob was boiling up some stew. In response to Esau’s request, “Quick, please, give me a swallow of the red, the red there,” Jacob asked him to sell his birthright. Having no appreciation for sacred things, namely, the promise of Jehovah to Abraham respecting the seed through whom all nations of the earth would bless themselves, Esau impetuously, by sworn oath, sold his birthright to Jacob for one meal of lentil stew and bread. By thus despising the birthright, viewing it as of little value, Esau showed a complete lack of faith. He perhaps wanted no part in suffering the fulfillment of God’s word concerning Abraham’s seed: “Your seed will become an alien resident in a land not theirs, and they will have to serve them, and these will certainly afflict them for four hundred years.”
Ge 15:13; 25:29-34; Heb 12:16.

The deal was sealed by an oath, and Jacob served his brother bread and lentil stew. Esau ate and left “without more ado.” Then the inspired record pointedly comments: “Thus Esau showed how little he valued his birthright.” (Genesis 25:33, 34, NE) By contrast, how highly Jacob appreciated the birthright! He was not after property, a burial field and some animals. He wanted the promised Messianic seed to come through his lineage. He wanted the spiritual inheritance.

Before his death, Isaac has in mind choosing and blessing his successor. Knowing that Esau is not Jehovah’s choice, Rebekah seeks to secure the desired blessing for Jacob, Rebekah has Jacob wear Esau’s clothes, which smell of the woods, the fields and the earth. She also takes the soft, silky pelts of young kids and fits pieces of them across Jacob’s smooth hands and smooth neck, so that to Isaac’s hands he will feel like Esau.

Rebekah’s plan succeeds. Jacob receives the blessing of his father, being constituted the rightful heir to Isaac and Abraham.

Rebekah could properly counsel Jacob to go before his father to do what he did inasmuch as God told Rebekah before the birth of the twin sons: “Two nations are in your belly, and two national groups will be separated from your inward parts; and the one national group will be stronger than the other national group, and the older will serve the younger.” (Gen. 25:23) Rebekah may also have known that Jacob had bought the birthright. So God directed matters, and the divine record at Genesis 28:5 speaks now of “Jacob and Esau,” putting Jacob before his older twin brother, denoting preference, which was expressed emphatically by Jehovah himself. (Mal. 1:2, 3) In the Christian Greek Scriptures Esau is set forth as a warning example to Christians so that they will not be guilty, as was Esau, of lack of appreciation for sacred or spiritual things. Jacob, on the other hand, is a fine example for Christians, since he showed the highest appreciation for spiritual things.

Answer 2

Esau Birthright

Answer 3

The birthright and the blessing are two different things. Their mother helped Jacob get the blessing, not the birthright.
There is no scriptural mention (that I currently know of) that tells of anyone helping Jacob get the birthright from Esau.
Why did Jacob want the birthright? Two potential reasons; 1, there were more assets given to the person with the birth right.
2. Apparently from scripture; Jacob valued the birthright more than Esau did.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Actually, it was because he was his mother's favorite, as Esau was his father's favorite. He did it mostly because his mother wanted him to get the birthright, she wanted him to have it, and Esau was the first son, who was suppose to be the inheritor.

Answer 6

jacob steals esau's birthright because he is jealous of esau's favor with their father, their mother helps him because he pledged to protect her,

Answer 7

Did you consider perhaps reading the text?