Genesis 27

Summary

Podcast Summary: Thru the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Episode: Genesis 27
Host: Jason Collins (with Dr. J. Vernon McGee, Commentator/Co-host, Steve Schwetz)
Date: May 29, 2026
Source: Thru the Bible on Oneplace.com

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode explores Genesis 27, focusing on the deception within Isaac’s family as Jacob and his mother Rebekah conspire to secure Isaac’s blessing for Jacob, originally intended for Esau. The episode uses this biblical account to discuss themes of family dysfunction, the consequences of deceit, faith (or lack thereof) in God’s promises, and the pain and fallout that comes from trying to "help" God’s plan along by human means. Dr. McGee makes it clear that these events are not to be emulated but rather serve as cautionary lessons about trust, obedience, and the destructive power of favoritism and trickery within families.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage: A Troubled Home

• The episode opens with reflections on family pain, particularly the unique struggles parents face.
  • "There's really no pain like family pain." (Host, 00:17)
• A listener letter underscores the far-reaching and cross-cultural impact of Bible teaching (00:38–02:59).

2. Overview of Genesis 27: The Deceptive Plan

• Jacob and Rebekah's Scheming (03:02–06:43)

  • Both Jacob and his mother act faithlessly, believing they must secure the blessing through deceit.
  • Dr. McGee: "Jacob wanted the blessing of his father, and he knew God had promised his mother that the elder would serve the younger... He did not believe God. Rebekah's mother did not believe God. And evidently Isaac the father didn't believe God." (03:12)
  • The narrative is an account of what not to do; God records it as history, not endorsement.

• Isaac’s Familial Favoritism

  • Isaac prefers Esau, Rebekah favors Jacob—highlighting the problem of parental partiality and division (06:00–06:43).

3. The Execution of the Deception

• Rebekah’s Directions to Jacob (07:15–09:02)

  • Rebekah orchestrates the plot: Jacob fetches goats, disguises as Esau, prepares Isaac’s favorite meal.
  • Quote (Rebekah): “Upon me be thy curse, my son. Only obey my voice…” (09:05)

• Jacob’s Reluctance & Concerns

  • Jacob is hesitant, fearing discovery, but is persuaded by Rebekah’s assurance.

• Deceiving Isaac:

  • Details about Esau’s appearance and odor are discussed humorously but serve a serious purpose.
    • “The deodorant Esau was using was not very potent at all.” (Dr. McGee, 10:13)
  • Isaac, suspicious due to the difference in voice but convinced by hairy hands and familiar scent, delivers the blessing.

4. The Content of the Blessing

• Isaac’s Blessing upon Jacob (13:00–13:58)
  • Promises of prosperity, dominion, and favorable destiny, mirroring God’s original promise.
  • “Let people serve thee and nations bow down to thee... Blessed be he that blesseth thee.” (13:27–13:35)
  • Emphasis is laid that this blessing was already Jacob’s by divine decree—Isaac’s intent to override God’s word was futile.

5. Esau’s Grief and Fallout

• The Aftermath: Esau Arrives (14:00–16:47)

  • Esau returns to discover Jacob’s deception, leading to an outpouring of anguish.
  • “Esau...cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, bless me, even me also, O my father.” (15:27)
  • Isaac affirms the blessing is already given and cannot be revoked.

• Esau’s Bitterness and Threat

  • Esau vows to kill Jacob after Isaac’s death (16:49–17:23).

6. Consequences for Rebekah and Jacob

• Rebekah’s Plan to Save Jacob (17:23–19:11)

  • She sends Jacob away to her brother Laban, supposedly for a short time.
  • “She never saw this boy alive again...she died before he got back.” (18:16–19:11)
  • Irony: She acts to save her son but loses him for the rest of her life.

• God's Law of Sowing and Reaping

  • Principle emphasized: deceit brings its own punishment—Jacob will be deceived by Laban.
    • “That’s where chickens will come home to roost. Old Uncle Laban is going to put him in school, and he’s going to teach him a few things.” (18:30)

7. Larger Theological and Practical Lessons

• Marrying Among the Godless (21:17–23:28)

  • Isaac sends Jacob to find a wife from among their own people, not the Canaanites, paralleling the earlier caution with Esau's wives.
  • Dr. McGee stresses the dangers of being "unequally yoked"—marriage between the godly and ungodly.
    • “Little girl, if you can't win him before you get married, you'll never win him after you get married.” (22:36)
  • Applies OT and NT teachings to practical Christian living.
    • “Look at Ahab and Jezebel…” (23:06)
    • “Christians are not to be unequally yoked.” (23:14)

• Preview of Jacob’s Future with Laban (23:43–24:01)

  • Jacob will learn hard lessons from a master trickster, Laban.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Universal Pain of Family:
  "There's really no pain like family pain." — Narrator/Host (00:17)
• On Human Scheming Versus Divine Sovereignty:
  “He [Jacob] did not believe God. Rebekah's mother did not believe God. And evidently Isaac the father didn't believe God.” — Dr. McGee (03:12)
  “God could not use the trickery and cleverness of Jacob...he's going to pay Jacob for his sin in the same coin in which he sinned.” — Dr. McGee (04:13)
• On the Folly of Pious Deceit:
  “This boy Jacob, at this point, is a pious fraud. Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. The Lord had nothing to do with this, friends.” — Dr. McGee (11:19)
• Humorous Realism in the Narrative:
  “I don't think that Esau used any [deodorant]. And I'm not sure that he had a shower very often.” — Dr. McGee (10:15)
• On Marrying the Ungodly:
  “I've never yet seen a case where it worked. Never. Yet you can't beat God.” — Dr. McGee (22:56)
• Reaping What You Sow:
  “Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked. Whatever a person sows, that is what he will also reap.” — Narrator/Host, quoting Galatians 6:7 (24:19)
• On Rebekah’s Tragic Consequence:
  “She never saw this boy alive again...she died before he got back.” — Dr. McGee (18:16)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:17 — Introduction: Family pain and Genesis 27’s troubled home
• 03:02 — Dr. McGee sets up the story: The theme and Jacob’s desire for the blessing
• 04:13 — The method and deceit; divine condemnation
• 06:00–08:29 — Explanation of Isaac’s plan and Rebecca's eavesdropping
• 09:05 — Rebekah’s assurance: “Upon me be thy curse…”
• 10:13 — Humorous aside on Esau’s odor; physical deception of Isaac
• 11:19 — Jacob’s lie: “The Lord thy God brought it to me.”
• 13:21 — Isaac’s blessing of Jacob: The content of the blessing
• 14:00–16:47 — Esau’s return and heartbreak; Isaac’s realization
• 17:23 — Esau’s threat, Rebekah’s plan to send Jacob away
• 18:16–19:11 — Rebekah’s ultimate loss: never seeing Jacob again
• 21:17–23:28 — The principle of marrying within the faith; warnings against being unequally yoked
• 23:43–24:01 — Jacob sent to Laban: preview of “school of hard knocks”

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Tone and Style

Dr. McGee’s delivery is conversational, occasionally laced with humor, yet earnest and pastoral. He intermingles practical advice and direct biblical application, speaking frankly about the failings of biblical characters and modern listeners alike—often addressing his audience as “my friend” and sharing anecdotes from his own pastoral experience.

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Conclusion

Genesis 27 is presented not as a model but a mirror—reflecting humanity’s penchant for scheming, favoritism, and lack of faith, and the high price that comes with it. Through vivid storytelling, pointed warnings, and relatable asides, Dr. McGee and the Through the Bible team remind listeners that “whatever a person sows, that is what he will also reap.” The lesson: trust in God’s word, refuse deceit, and do not attempt to secure God’s blessings by human trickery.

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Next Episode Preview:
Listeners are invited to read Genesis 28 ahead and prepare to see God’s continued mercy and the outworking of both sin’s consequences and God’s unbreakable promises.

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Transcript

[Steve Schwetz]

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is made for your faith in his excellent way.

[Narrator/Host]

I've said it before, there's really no pain like family pain. Welcome to through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee. As the Bible bus rolls into Genesis 27, we're given a glimpse of life behind the front door of a troubled home. If you're a parent, you already know this may be one of the hardest roles you'll ever have. Every day brings decisions, both big and small, and we need God's wisdom to navigate them, especially if our desire is to help our children walk with the Lord. In this study, we're going to see one clear lesson from Isaac and Rebecca. Not something to follow, but something to avoid because it leads to deep and lasting hurt. As you find your seat and get settled, here's a letter from a listener in Africa. I am a Muslim woman and a mother. I want to share what I have experienced. The first time I listened to your program, I was doing my daily chores at home when I decided to change the radio station. As if guided by divine intervention, I came across a program in Pular. Hearing my mother tongue immediately caught my attention and I stopped to listen. I didn't know the program, and I had no idea how deeply it would touch my heart. From the very first moments, I felt something special. The explanations were simple and clear, given without judgment. I felt understood. Even though I was just listening at home that day, I knew I needed to keep listening. The speaker didn't impose anything, but gently guided and brought inner peace. I felt calm, as if a heavy weight had been lifted. For the first time, I felt questions mattered and that there were answers that could nourish my heart and mind. Now I never miss the program. It has become an important time of reflection and learning for me. It helps me understand life and myself. I'm convinced I'm on the right path. Well, God is certainly good. And if you'd like to join us in praying for this mother and for millions of others who have the opportunity to catch the Bible bus in more than 250 languages around the world, just sign up for our World Prayer team [e-mail] and if you're listening and learning through Genesis with us and you've had maybe an aha moment or found yourself stopping to marvel at what God's teaching you, well, you know, we'd love to hear your story too. Send a note through our app. You can email us as [e-mail] or write your letter to Box 7100 Pasadena, CA 91109 in Canada, Box 25325, London, Ontario, N6C 6B1. You can also call and leave a message at 1-865. Bible let's pray. Heavenly Father, we come to your word ready to hear from you. Would you open our eyes to your truth and then draw those who don't yet know you to yourself? In Jesus name, Amen. Open your Bible now to Genesis 27 as we go through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee.

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

Now today, friends, our study brings us to the 27th chapter of the book of Genesis. And if you have your Bible and will turn there, it'll make it more meaningful to you. And if you use our notes and follow along with them. Now this chapter has as its theme Jacob and Rebecca conniving to get the blessing of Isaac for Jacob, which blessing Isaac intended for Esau. But you see, Jacob wanted the blessing of his father, and he knew God had promised his mother that the elder would serve the younger. And the blessing was his. Already he did not believe God. Rebecca's mother did not believe God. And evidently Isaac the father didn't believe God. He would never have attempted to bypass Jacob and to give the blessing to Esau. He followed his feelings and appetite in contradiction to the distinct word of God. The method of Jacob in obtaining this birthright, it cannot be supported on any grounds whatsoever. He used fraud and deceit. His conduct is despicable.

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You can't condone him at all, any more than you could condone the conduct

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of Sarah and Abraham in the matter of Hagar and Ishmael. God could not use the trickery and cleverness of Jacob. And we're going to see that God deals with this man in a very definite way. He's going to pay Jacob for his sin in the same coin in which he sinned. And you will note that as we get now into this chapter here that gives us preliminary that will enable us to understand. Now last time we concluded in chapter 26 by saying that Esau was about 40 years old and he took to wife Hittite. And it was a great grief to Isaac and Rebecca for him to do that. And now they recognize that if Jacob is not to marry Hittite or Philistine, that he must be sent down just as Isaac got a bride from the family of Abraham, that is from the same spot. Now will you notice chapter 27, verse 1? It came to pass that when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son and Said unto him, my son. And he said unto him, behold, here am I. And he said, behold, now I am old.

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I know not the day of my death. Now, therefore, take, I pray thee, thy

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weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and.

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And go out to the field and

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take me some venison and make me savory meat such as I love, and

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bring it to me that I may

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eat, that my soul may bless thee before I die. This man, Isaac, we've already seen. He was an outstanding man, a great man. He's no weakling by any means, because we saw in the last chapter that Abimelech and the Philistines, they wanted to make a treaty with him because they feared him. And he was that type of a man. That is, he was an outstanding man of that day. Very prominent now. He reveals here, though, that weakness of the flesh all during his life, this boy, Esau. And Esau was his favorite, and Jacob was the favorite of Rebecca. And Esau was the outdoor boy.

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And he'd go out and he'd bring

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in a deer or some animal, and he'd fix it, barbecue it for his father. And the old man enjoyed it. And now he's old, and he wants to bless the boy. Now, he knows God has said the elder will serve the younger, but he bypasses that because he wants to bless the boy. And he says, now, go out and bring me in something, and I'll bless you because of it. My, what a revelation this is of this family. And have you noticed the strife that's in the family since we have come into this last major section of Genesis? There was strife in the family of Abraham because of Hagar. There's strife now in this family, these twins. Now, will you notice Rebecca overheard that. And Rebecca heard when Isaac spake Esau, a son, and Esau went into the field to hunt for venison and to bring it. And Rebekah spake unto Jacob, her son, saying, behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau, thy brother, saying, bring me venison. Make me savory meat that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord, before my death. Now, therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. Now, this is the plot and plan of Rebekah. And it's deceit. It's absolutely trickery, and it cannot be condoned on any basis whatsoever. And God's recording it as history. Not that he condones it, he condemns it. And we're going to see that you remember the things that are being done here. And you'll see chickens come home to roost. For Jacob now she says to him, you bay me.

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You go now to the flock and

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fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats.

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And.

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And I will make them savory meat for thy father such as he loveth. And thou shalt bring it to thy

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father that he may eat and that

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he may bless thee before his death. And Jacob said to Rebecca, his mother, behold, Esau, my brother is a hairy man, and I'm a smooth man. Now, he was not only an outdoor man, red man, but he was a hairy man.

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He grew hair everywhere.

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And I am a smooth man.

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My father, peradventure, will feel me.

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And I shall seem to him as a deceiver. Not only seem a deceiver, he is a deceiver. And I shall bring a curse upon me and not a blessing. And his mother said unto him upon me, be thy curse, my son. Only obey my voice and go fetch me them. And he went and fetched and brought them to his mother. And his mother made savory meat such as his father loved. And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, put upon Jacob, her younger son. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hand and upon the smooth of his neck. And she gave the savory meat and the bread which she had prepared under the hand of her son Jacob. And, friends, I can't help but comment on this now, she put the skin of the kid of the goat on the back of his neck and on the back of his hand. So when his father feel him, why, he'd think that it was Esau.

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Not only did he feel him, friends,

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he couldn't help but smell him. And I want to say that apparently the deodorant that Esau was using was

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not very potent at all.

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Fact of the matter is, I think he's like the whimsical story I heard

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about two men working in a very tight place.

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And one of them finally said to the other, and he says, I think that the deodorant of one of us has quit working. And the other fellow says, must be you, because I don't use any. And, friends, I don't think that Esau used any. And I'm not sure that he had a shower very often. This man not only felt hairy, but he smelled too. By the way, may I say, you can't help but notice that as you go through here.

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And the thing that happened now, he

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came unto his Father. And said, my father. And he said, here am I. Who art thou, my son? The voice was not quite the voice of Esau. Everything else it was like Esau. And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn. I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit knee to my venison. That thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said unto his son, how is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, because the Lord thy

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God brought it to me.

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And believe me, this boy at this particular point, is a typical pious fraud. And you find many of them today in fundamental circles.

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They talk about the Lord leading them.

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And sometimes the Lord leads them to do some very unusual things. I find out sometimes a Christian man can do things. That if the mafia did it. And the mafia does things like that. Why, the mafia would be arrested for it. But they very piously pray about it and say, it's the Lord's will. I'm not always sure about that. And believe me, this boy Jacob, at this point is a pious fraud. Because the Lord thy God brought it to me. The Lord had nothing to do with this. Friends, verse 21. And Isaac said unto Jacob, come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son. Whether thou be my very son Esau, or not Isaac. Suspicion, something. But, you see, Rebecca knew Isaac very well, and she had worked this thing out. And so Jacob went near unto Isaac, his father, and he felt him and said, the voice is Jacob's voice. But the hands are the hands of Esau. And I think also the odor was too. I don't think there's any question about that. The hands of the hands of Esau. And. And he discerned him not because his hands were hairy as his brother Esau's hand. So he blessed him. And he said, art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. And he said, bring it near to me, and I'll eat of my son's venison that my soul may bless thee.

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And he brought it near to him. And he did eat. And he brought him wine. And he drank.

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And his father Isaac said unto him, come near now and. And kiss me, my son. He came near and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment. I told you that was there, friends. And blessed him and said, see, the smell of my son is the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed.

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Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven.

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And the fatness of the earth.

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And plenty of corn and wine.

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Let people serve thee and nations bow down to thee.

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Be lord over thy brethren and let

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thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be everyone that curseth thee. And blessed be he that blesseth thee. Now he's giving a blessing he had received. He's passing it on. But the interesting thing is, it already was Jacob's. God had said that God had already blessed. And God is not accepting this at all.

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You can write that down.

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Now let me read verse 30. And it came to pass as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob. And Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father. That Esau his brother, came in from his hunting. And he also had made savory meat, brought it unto his father and said unto his father, let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac his father, said unto him, who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. And Isaac trembled very exceedingly and said, who? Where is he that hath taken venison and brought it? Me.

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And I've eaten of all before thou

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camest and have blessed them. Yea, and he shall be blessed. And somebody says, well, does venison taste

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like goat or lamb?

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It sure does. I remember several years ago that when I was pastor in Pasadena at one of the offices there, he and I

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went deer hunting up in Utah.

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And we got a deer, but wasn't

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enough to feed the congregation.

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We invited them in for a venison dinner. And it was just a time of good, wholesome fellowship.

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And we had a lot of fun, but we didn't have enough to go around.

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So we got two lamb legs, and that was cooked also. And nobody could tell the difference. Everybody said, the venison is good. It tastes very much alike. Now Isaac really sees he's been taken in. And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry. And said unto his father, bless me. Even me also my father. And he said, thy brother came with subtlety and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, is not he rightly named Jacob? And he was a usurper? For he hath supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. And behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said unto Esau,

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behold, I have made him thy Lord.

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And all his brethren have I given to him for servants. And with corn and Wine have I sustained him. And what shall I do now unto thee, my son? And Esau said unto his father, hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me. Even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. And Isaac his father, answered and said unto him, behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth and of

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the dew of heaven from above.

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And by thy sword shalt thou live and shalt serve thy brother. It shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing of wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, the days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then will I slay my brother Jacob. In other words, my father's old. He won't live very much longer. And just soon as my father dies, I'll kill Jacob.

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I'll get rid of him.

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And that was the thought in the heart of Esau. Now Rebecca's in the background, and. And these words of Esau, her elder son, were told of Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, behold, thy brother Esau is touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice and arise.

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Flee thou to Laban, my brother in Haran.

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You see here again Rebekah taking things in her own hands. And she tells Jacob, now you're going

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to have to leave home.

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And she's going to send him away from home. Tell the truth. She really paid for her part in this, her sin. She never saw this boy alive again. She just sent him over there for a little while.

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But she died before he got back.

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And you must remember that Jacob was her favorite and that Esau was Isaac's favorite. And she wants to send him now

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over to Laban, her brother.

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And Jacob will go over there, and believe me, that's where he's going to learn his lesson. That's where chickens will come home to roost. Old Uncle Laban is going to put him in school, and he's going to teach him a few things. Now, Jacob thought he was clever, but Uncle Laban was an expert at it. And poor Jacob was just an amateur. And he's going to cry out in desperation to God before it's all over. Now notice what she says. Tarry with him a few days until thy brother's fury turn away.

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A few days Lengthened out to 20 years.

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And during that interval, she died. She never Saw her boy again, her

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favorite, her pet, if you please.

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Now, verse 45. Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him, then I will send and fetch thee from thence. Why should I be deprived also of

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you both in one day?

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After all, Esau is not going to think too much of his mother after this little episode.

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By the way, now we read here,

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and Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of.

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If Jacob take a wife of the

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daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? Now, you see, Esau had married these heathen, the godless. And already it was bringing sorrow into the home. And even Rebecca was overwhelmed by it. Now she says, if Jacob turns around and does this same thing, and he probably will if he stays here, you see, she can use this as an excuse to get Jacob away from the home, because Esau is seeking for his life. And that moves us now into chapter

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28, and she has a little conference

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with Isaac and Rebecca. And Isaac determined now that the thing to do is to send Jacob back

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to the family of Laban, back where

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Rebecca had come from herself. You see, Abraham's servant had gone and gotten her. Now, the point is to send Jacob

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back there to get a wife. If you get him away from the

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place of danger, his brother would try to kill him. Now, very frankly, I think if he'd

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stayed there, that probably that would have happened. However, the fact of the matter is that Rebecca died first and Jacob did

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get back for his father's funeral.

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Now, you find in chapter 28, and

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I'm reading now, verse one of chapter 28, and Isaac called Jacob and blessed

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him and charged him, and said unto him, thou shalt not take a wife

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of the daughters of Canaan. All the way through the Old Testament, you find that God does not want

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the godly to marry the ungodly.

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That, again, is my reason for believing that in the sixth of Genesis that all you have. When the sons of God look upon the daughters of men, it's the godly line marrying with the godless line of

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Cain, which finally brought the judgment of the flood and only one man left.

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Now, that in a marriage always leads to godlessness. And I'd say this word just of caution. I recognize we're living in a day

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when young people are not apt to

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take advice from certainly an old preacher. They say, my, what does he know?

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And if you really want to know the truth, I know a whole lot

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about this particular matter. I have seen case after case where some little girl or some little boy,

[Commentator/Co-host]

they come to council.

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

Well, I've met a fellow, he's not a Christian. I'm going with him, and he's proposed to me, and I think I'm going

[Commentator/Co-host]

to marry him, and I can win him for the Lord. Little girl, if you can't win him before you get married, you'll never win him after you get married.

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

You can be sure of that. Same thing at hole for the young man. And God forbids it. It always entails sorrow. I have seen literally hundreds of cases,

[Commentator/Co-host]

and I've never yet seen a case where it worked. Never. Yet you can't beat God.

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

God is put down too indelibly all

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the way through the Word.

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

When the godly marry the godless, what happens? Look at Ahab and Jezebel. And in the New Testament, it's strictly

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told Christians that they are not to be unequally yoked.

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

And that's the way you get unequally yoked. Not by just sitting on the platform

[Commentator/Co-host]

of somebody, but by intermarrying. That's the way you join up with them, by the way.

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

And that is the thing that is going to happen. Now, Isaac sends Jacob away. He says, arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's

[Commentator/Co-host]

father, and take thee a wife from

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

thence of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother. Now he sends him back to Laban,

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and believe me, old Laban is quite a trickster himself.

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

And Jacob is in for it.

[Commentator/Co-host]

I can tell him that right now. But he doesn't know it.

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

But he's sure going to find out about it.

[Commentator/Co-host]

And we're going to have to wait

[Dr. J. Vernon McGee]

till next time to find out about it. And I trust that you'll be with us. Let us hear from you, friend. So until next time, my beloved.

[Commentator/Co-host]

May God richly bless you.

[Steve Schwetz]

Foreign

[Narrator/Host]

we'll pick up right here next time as we see how Jacob's schemes bring real consequences. It brings to mind Galatians 6, 7. Don't be deceived. God is not mocked. Whatever a person sows, that is what he will also reap. May God help us learn these lessons now and then apply His Word to our own lives. If you want to spend a little more time in Genesis on your own, well, you can get our app or visit ttb.org and download our Genesis Bible Companion. And as Dr. McGee mentioned, you can also follow along with the notes and outlines that he prepared for the study. Just look for the digital book called Briefing the Bible to get them all. Or call 1-865Bible and have an abridged printed copy mailed out to you. And when you're in touch, let us know how you listen to through the Bible. Remember, that little bit of information really does help us make decisions about how and where to go next as we take the whole Word to the whole world. Now next time we're going to continue our journey through Genesis. So if you can read Genesis 28 a couple of times yourself, it's a great, great story of God's mercy. I'm Steve Schwetz and I'll see you here next time. Until then, keep walking. In the light of his word, Jesus

[Steve Schwetz]

made it home all to be my home.

[Narrator/Host]

We're grateful for our committed, listening family who faithfully pray and invest in through the Bible as we together take the whole Word to the whole world.