Genesis 27: 30-40: “And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.”
There is evidence of the Lord’s timing in this section even though Rebekah and Jacob had schemed and planned to steal Esau’s blessing. Image what might have happened if Esau arrived home before Isaac had blessed Jacob? However, the blessing was completed and Isaac had all the benefits that followed from having this blessing. When Esau finally arrived, trusting in the food that he had made, there was very little left for him. Jacob had been given the rule over his brother’s descendants. This came about when King David conquered the Edomites and the Jews conquered the Idumeans. However, King Herod was an Idumean pretending to be a Jew so for a while his descendants did rule over the Jews. However, the Idumeans were lost to history after that. Esau was blessed to enjoy the fatness of the earth and he was to enjoy the dew of heaven. This was fulfilled when the Idumeans controlled an important road going down to Egypt and they became prosperous producing olive oil. However, Jacob lived up to his name and the nature that he displayed when he was born and took all the benefits that belonged to his twin brother by right of birth.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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