Genesis 25: 29-34: “And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.”
We have seen that Jacob was a cheat and would do anything to get the rights that belonged to his brother. Now we find that Esau didn’t value the precious promises from God that should have been his by birth. He saw Jacob cooking some lentils one day and he was feeling hungry. Although, as a hunter, he should have had enough food for himself and extra to supply others. He was so unconcerned about the things that God was able to give him that he changed all the precious promises for a plate of food. Jacob might have been a cheat and a liar but Esau was a fool. In Matthew 7: 6 we read “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you” Esau was given pearls but he behaved like a pig and trampled the precious things under his feet. Anyone who hears the precious message of salvation but faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and rejects it is just like Esau.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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