Genesis 27:5–17
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to a passage of Scripture that is deeply uncomfortable for the modern, sentimental Christian. If your vision of the Christian life is a series of inspirational quotes on pastel backgrounds, then this story is a bucket of cold water. Here we have the covenant family, the very line through which the Messiah will come, behaving like characters in a sordid soap opera. We have a father driven by his belly, a mother driven by manipulation, one son who is a profane lout, and another who is a fearful deceiver. There is not a single character in this drama who comes out looking good. They are all covered in the mud of their own sin. And this is precisely why we must pay close attention. The world believes that great things must have pristine origins. The Bible shows us, again and again, that God delights in using crooked sticks to draw straight lines.