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What did Jacob

Despite our bumbling, sinful nature, God continues to bless us in much the same way Isaac continues Jacob's blessing. On the surface, it may not seem "fair" that Jacob got the blessing in the way that he did. And, in my opinion, Jacob and Rebekah need not have helped God bring about His will in an underhand and deceptive way. But Isaac loved him through that, and God loves us through our shortcomings and mistakes.

Well, all of them at one time or another, but picking one I guess that I would have to say Rebekah to some extent. I tend to want things to happen now and I have been known to try and

Even the appearance of loving one child more than another can cause serious jealousy and rebellion to develop. My situation growing up was so different from everyone I knew. I am the youngest (by many years) to 3 siblings. My family did many things together when my siblings were young

Isaac

Nothing excuses her plan to deceive her husband. God can bring about His will without deception. While Jacob is influenced by his mother, he is still an adult and held accountable for his actions. Anytime we try to "take care of thing" for God without seeking His guidance and direction first, we are saying that we know better than Him. His ways are not filled with lies and deception. Think of the examples of this from scripture and from your personal experience. Does taking matters into our hands ever turn out very well?

It appears that Rebekah and Isaac both had a relationship with God, enough of a relationship to go to Him for guidance, to lift things to Him in prayer, but it also appears that neither of them fully trusted God. They both took things that were revealed to them but then thought they needed to help God along. I think overall that Isaac was closer to the Lord than Rebekah. Her interests were of a selfish nature, figuring out ways to get her favorite child more money, more power, more influence at the expense of the less-favored child. While I

Hebrews calls Esau