Genesis 25

Summary: Abraham marries. He has children. Genealogy listed. Jacob and Esau are born. Esau sells his birthright to Jacob.

Personal Reflection: This is an interesting story to think about, but it gets more interesting as we get a little bit further into it (read the next several chapters). I often wonder if families today are really any more strange than families were back then. Abraham marries and has children when he is really old. These days we would consider a man Abraham's age marrying someone young enough to bear children really strange. I wonder if there was anything like that back then.

I wonder why it was that only Rebekah got the news that Jacob was to be served by Esau. In later chapters, it becomes apparent that Isaac doesn't really know that Jacob is supposed to be the birthright son.

I also often wonder what the events were around the selling of the birthright. It seems like it was probably a more complicated story than we are privy to. If it was just a trivial thing how would they still have the information. Or perhaps it's one of those stories that just happens to survive. Or maybe Jacob kept a journal. Or maybe the story was re-revealed by God.