Our Genesis reading today reminds us that we don't always perceive things as they are. I'd like to give just a brief sample of what I saw in the passage.
Isaac who was dying before Jacob left finally dies now after many years.
Jacob and Esau seem to be reconciled though they would never be able to get along.
The wife Jacob would love forever is the first to die.
Faithful Jacob's family had to destroy their idols.
What other unexpected things do we see in this passage? How about in our own lives? How do those unexpected things point us to theological truths that seem altogether too odd to be true?
I'm not sure that Esau and Jacob have not been reconciled. 36:7 indicates its an economic issue. Not, "This land isn't big enough for the two of us (with our egos)", but, "This land isn't big enough to feed all of our livestock."
ReplyDeleteWhat I was getting at, probably too obliquely, was that Jacob and Esau seem to be able to get along now though at one point earlier in their lives Jacob fled knowing that Esau would kill him if he caught him.
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing out my inarticulate mumblings!