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Background
Last week we trekked through the long story of Abraham’s servant obtaining a wife from Abraham’s homeland for Isaac.
Isaac received Rebekah as his wife, and we discussed the importance of this happening.
Let’s recall some important things that have recently happened:
Abraham was tested by God in the demand for Isaac to be sacrificed, and yet God spared him and provided a substitutionary sacrifice.
Abraham lost his wife Sarah and bought land with a cave so that she might be buried.
Abraham ensured the continuation of his promised lineage by obtaining a wife for Isaac.
We saw last week at the beginning of 24 that Abraham had been blessed in every way by the Lord.
Sometime after the death of Sarah, at age 137 or above, Abraham took another wife.
TIMELINE
An interesting side note: Hagar is not mentioned at all.
The last time her story is detailed in Scripture was in 21.
Like Hagar, Keturah was considered a concubine and not a wife, as far as standing and privileges are concerned.
This had mostly to do with the children born to them, and their allotment of inheritance.
Like Ishmael, Abraham sent his sons born to him by Keturah to the east, away from Isaac.
They received gifts but would have no part of Isaac’s inheritance.
This of course had to do with the promise made by God and His choosing of Isaac to receive the blessing.
Like Ishmael, these sons settled in the east, away from the Promised Land.
One of Keturah’s sons, Midian, forms a tribe of some significance later on.
Abraham lived to be 175 years old, incredible by our standards but not unusual in his lifetime.
Of interesting note - Abraham died 4 years before his great-great-great-great-grandfather Eber.
His great-grandfather was Shem, Noah’s son, who actually outlived Sarah (2145).
Isaac would actually live longer than Abraham did.
This was a fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham:
God is faithful to keep His promises.
He was buried with Sarah, with his 2 oldest sons present to bury him.
While they must have had an interesting and perhaps rocky relationship, it’s clear that Ishmael cared for his father.
As promised, God’s blessing transferred from Abraham to Isaac after Abraham’s death.
Ironically, Isaac lived at the well where Hagar was visited and cared for by God back in 16.
Ishmael was promised to be the father of 12 princes:
Once again we see God faithful to His promises
We see here that the events of last chapter concluded with Isaac being 40 years old.
Some interesting information is revealed:
Like Sarah, Rebekah was barren for about 20 years, as we’ll see, until Isaac prayed for her.
Only God has the power to open and close the womb.
Furthermore, God chooses twins and siblings.
Rebekah would have no other way of knowing, besides asking God, that she was carrying twins.
Like Abraham and Hagar before her, God revealed the future of the lives of her children even before the children were born.
In a similar fashion, she is told that the younger will actually surpass the older.
This is backwards for the culture.
All children are a blessing, but having twins is a special blessing.
The firstborn, Esau, is named because of his being covered with red hair (“rough”).
His nickname later would reflect the red, Edom.
Jacob means “supplanter,” fitting for the fulfillment of Rebekah’s promise.
Isaac was 60 years old when he had his children.
This means that Abraham would have still been alive to meet his grandsons.
Fast-forwarding to Esau and Jacob growing up, Esau was a warrior and a hunter, but Jacob was a farmer and domestic.
Though they were twins, Esau was considered the firstborn.
Isaac showed preference for his firstborn and for the food he provided.
Rebekah, however, remembered the promise that God had made to her regarding her sons, and knew Jacob would be the stronger of the two, so she showed partiality towards him.
Though this interaction may not mean much to us, it is historically a very interesting turn of events.
The firstborn by right of birth would receive a double-portion of inheritance from the father.
It was their charge to take over the father’s household.
Selling your birthright was considered both irresponsible and disrespectful.
Esau essentially looked at the here and now, and said it was more important than what is offered in the future.
There are some even today in the church who live in this same way.
We are called to serve the LORD, not our own appetites.
Jacob was not any more moral, but seeking that which was not rightfully his.
In spite of this, God knew this would take place and had chosen Jacob to be the father of the nation of Israel.
Jacob is beginning to live up to his name as supplanter.
APPLICATION
God is faithful to keep His promises.
We are called to serve the LORD, not our own appetites..
Next week, we will continue with the story of Isaac.
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