Genesis 27:46
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to the end of a chapter filled with deceit, manipulation, and high family drama. Jacob has stolen the blessing through elaborate trickery, Esau is breathing out murderous threats, and the entire household of the patriarch Isaac is in disarray. And it is a mess that God, in His inscrutable wisdom, is using to advance His sovereign purposes. In the middle of this domestic turmoil, we find Rebekah, the chief architect of the deception, speaking to her husband Isaac. On the surface, her words appear to be a simple complaint, a mother's exasperation with her pagan daughters-in-law. But underneath, we see a masterful stroke of maternal maneuvering, and more importantly, a genuine and legitimate concern for the purity of the covenant line. Rebekah's motives are, as they have been throughout this episode, a tangled mess. She is operating out of fear, cunning, and a measure of genuine faith.