Jacob and Esau, the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah, differed from the start.
Esau, the oldest, was a man of the field, while Jacob was a “home boy.” Twice, during their days at home, Jacob took advantage of Esau. First, he enticed his older brother to sell his birthright to him for a bowl of pottage. The second time he and his mother, Rebekah, deceived Isaac and made him grant the major family blessing to Jacob rather than Esau. Because of his deception, Jacob had to flee and spent twenty years in a distant land waiting for Esau’s anger to cool. Even when Jacob returned, he was still not certain that he was safe from his older brother’s wrath. We can learn several valuable lessons from this story.
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