Daily Devotions
Obadiah
"Thus says the Lord"
Text: Obadiah 1b
THE PARENTS OF ESAU AND JACOB
Esau and Jacob were the sons of Isaac. They were the grandsons of the patriarch Abraham. They had a good father in Isaac and a wonderful mother in Rebekah. These were the words of blessing pronounced on Rebekah when she decided that she would marry Isaac and live in Canaan.
“And they blessed Rebekah and said to her:
‘Our sister, may you become
The mother of thousands of ten thousands;
And may your descendants possess
The gates of those who hate them.'”
Genesis 24:60
1. These words valid good wishes.
2. This blessing was fulfilled in some ways:
a) Esau and Jacob would have descendants by the thousands.
b) Their descendants would become powerful and they would conquer their enemies.
THE DEGENERATION OF ESAU
Esau and Jacob began to grow apart from a very young age. Both of them did not grow up as godly children. They went their separate ways and both were badly in need of regeneration.