Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 27: 21-24
MEDITATION
Genesis 27:21-24
21 Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
22 So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
23 And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
24 Then he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Isaac was not fully convinced
a. He asked Jacob to draw nearer.
b. He wanted to feel him.
i. To see if the person who stood before him was Esau.
ii. There was deep affection for Esau. This was clear by the way he spoke.
2. Jacob knew that this was a test
a. There was high risk that he could be found out.
b. He drew near to Isaac as commanded.
3. Isaac’s assessment
a. He could not see Jacob.
b. He thought he recognized the voice of Jacob.
c. He felt his hands.
i. He had touched the skin of the goats that Rebekah had wrapped around Jacob’s hands.
ii. Isaac felt the hair of the goats.
d. Once again, he asked if the person who stood before him was truly Esau.
4. Jacob’s reply
a. He continued to lie that he was Esau.
b. He had been commanded by his mother to obey her.
c. He tried once again to convince Isaac that he was indeed the firstborn son, Esau.
经文：创世记 27：21-24
沉思
《创世记 27：21-24》
21 以撒对雅各说：“我儿，你近前来，我摸摸你，知道你真是我的儿子以扫不是。”
22 雅各就挨近他父亲以撒，以撒摸着他，说：“声音是雅各的声音，手却是以扫的手。”
23 以撒就辨不出他来，因为他手上有毛，像他哥哥以扫的手一样，就给他祝福。24 又说：“你真是我儿子以扫吗？”他说：“我是。”