Genesis 27:30–40
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to one of the most uncomfortable and emotionally raw scenes in all of Genesis. It is a tangled knot of human sin, pathetic carnality, and yet, underneath it all, the inexorable, steamrolling sovereignty of God. If you want a story where all the good guys wear white hats and all the bad guys wear black hats, you had best close your Bible and pick up a children's storybook. The Scriptures show us the undiluted reality of God working His perfect will through the most imperfect and broken of vessels. This is not a story about how to get your father's blessing. It is a story about how God gives His blessing, and it is a terrifying and glorious thing to watch. Isaac, old and blind, has attempted to subvert the declared will of God. But Isaac loved Esau because Esau was a man's man, a hunter, and he brought home savory venison.