Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, who has set us apart with His commandments and has commanded us to engross ourselves in the words of Torah. Please, YHVH, our Elohim, sweeten the words of Torah in our mouth and in the mouths of Your people, the family of Israel. May we and our offspring and the offspring of Your people, the house of Israel – all of us – know Your Name and study Your Torah for its own sake. Blessed are You, YHVH, who teaches Torah to His people Israel.
ויתן־לך ''and he shall give to
you..'' – This is statement is deliberately left incomplete – why? YHVH wants
to give His people more than what is stated in vs 28-29
Gen 27:28 And Elohim give you (Jacob and his
descendants, both natural and grafted in) of the dew of the heavens, of the fatness of
the earth, and plenty of grain and wine.
Gen 27:29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow
down to you. Be master over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons
bow down to you. Cursed be those cursing you and blessed be those blessing
you!” (brothers and sons are plural and refers to descendants of Jacob and
Esau)
The ‘’greater blessing’’ is that YHVH has chosen one
nation Jacob aka Israel above all the other nations of the world - Amo 3:2 “You alone have I
known (Heb ‘’yada’’) of all the clans of the earth – ‘’Yada’’ - This
word is also used to describe the sexual intimacy of marriage, such as in
Genesis 4:1 ("Adam knew [yada] his wife"). In this context, it
represents the highest form of intimacy, symbolizing a "one flesh"
union that is meant to reflect the covenant love between YHVH and His people
Israel. (including the ‘’grafted into Israel’’)
Israel was not only chosen by YHVH as the recipients of
His covenant but also chosen to guard YHVH’s covenant - Rom 9:4 …. the children of Yisra’ěl, to whom is the
adoption, and the esteem, and the covenants, and the giving of the Torah, and
the worship, and the promises,
Rom
9:5 whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Messiah according to the
flesh, who is over all, Elohim-blessed forever. Aměn.
And this is why the Edomite spirit is trying to destroy
Israel – Esau rejected the covenant and YHVH has rejected Esau. In fact YHVH
hates Esau – Mal 1:3 and will completely destroy this spirit
The
modern day manifestation of the Edomite/Christian spirit can be compared to AI
– it is almost impossible to discern what is real and what is fake – who is the
real Jacob? The Edomite spirit is the enemy’s chosen instrument to attempt to
completely destroy the inheritance and existence of the real Jacob through
deception. What complicates this issue is that the real Jacob is only a very
small remnant of the entire Jacob - Isa 1:9 Unless יהוה of hosts had left to us a small remnant,
we would have become like Seḏom, we would have been made like Amorah.
The
church never was or never will be the initial recipients or guardians of YHVH’s
Covenant – YHVH’s Torah.
Oba
1:6 “How Ěsaw shall be searched out! His hidden treasures shall be sought
out!
Oba
1:7 “All your allies shall send you forth to the border, your friends
shall deceive you and overpower you. They make your bread a snare under you,
without you discerning it!
Oba
1:8 “In that day,” declares יהוה, “I shall destroy the wise men from Eḏom, and discernment from the
mountains of Ěsaw!
Oba
1:10 “Because of your violence against your brother Ya‛aqoḇ, let shame cover you. And you
shall be cut off forever.
Oba
1:17 “But on Mount Tsiyon there shall be an escape,a and they shall be
set-apart. And the house of Ya‛aqoḇ shall possess their possessions. Footnote: a Isa_4:2-3,
Jol_2:32, Rev_14:1.
Oba
1:18 “And the house of Ya‛aqoḇ shall be a fire, and the house of Yosěph a
flame, but the house of Ěsaw for stubble. And they shall burn among them and
they shall consume them, so that no survivor is left of the house of Ěsaw.” For
יהוה has spoken.
What is greater than YHVH’s blessings?
YHVH Himself.
The remnant of Jacob desires a covenant with YHVH more
than the blessings that covenant would bring.
Esau desired the blessings of the covenant more than the
covenant itself. This is evidenced in ‘’replacement theology’’ and Antisemitism.
Heb
12:15 See to it that no one falls short of the favour of Elohim, that no
root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, by which many become
defiled,
Heb
12:16 lest there be anyone who whores, or profane one, like Ěsaw, who for
a single meal sold his birthright.b Footnote: b Gen_25:32-33.
Heb
12:17 For you know that afterward, when he wished to inherit the
blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he
sought it with tears.
To Esau the covenant was a means to an end.
To Jacob the covenant was the end itself.
The covenant is the goal; The Torah is the covenant. For
some the Messiah is the goal of the Torah. For others the Messiah terminates
the need for the Torah/ covenant – for some the covenant found in the Torah has
been replaced with a ‘’New covenant’’. Some believe the church is the guardian
of this ‘’New covenant’’. Some don’t.
Rom
10:4 For Messiah is the goalb of the ‘Torah unto righteousness’ to
everyone who believes. Footnote: bOr end purpose; not termination. (many
believe the Messiah came to terminate the Torah and introduce a ‘’new
covenant’’)
The firstborn male (Hebrew: bekhor) in an
ancient Hebrew household was tasked with the central responsibility of
maintaining ongoing covenantal continuity. Esau despised this birthright
responsibility and traded his birthright for a bowl of lentil soup. Esau and
most of his descendants continue to treat with contempt this same covenantal
continuity.
Gen 27:30 And it came to be, as soon as Yitsḥaq had finished blessing
Ya‛aqoḇ, and Ya‛aqoḇ had hardly left the presence
of Yitsḥaq his father,
that Ěsaw his brother came in from his hunting.
Gen 27:31 And he too had made a tasty dish and
brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father rise and eat
of his son’s wild game, so that your being might bless me.”
Gen 27:32 And his father Yitsḥaq said to him, “Who are you?”
And he said, “I am your son, your first-born, Ěsaw.”
Gen 27:33 Then Yitsḥaq
trembled exceedingly, and said, “Who was it then who hunted wild game and
brought it to me? And I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him.
Yes, he is blessed.”
The Hebrew phrase וַיֶּחֱרַד
יִצְחָק חֲרָדָה גְדֹלָה עַד־מְאֹד
(vayyeḥĕrad Yitzḥaq ḥărādāh gədōlāh ʿad-məʾōd) in
Genesis 27:33 is unusually emphatic. The verb חָרַד
means to tremble or shake (often from fear or shock), and the text piles on
intensifiers: a "great trembling" that reaches
"exceedingly" or "to the extreme" (עַד־מְאֹד). Most English translations render it as
"trembled very exceedingly," "trembled violently," or
"was seized with very violent trembling."
Several overlapping reasons explain why Isaac's reaction
was so profoundly serious and intense:
1. The
blessing given to Jacob was irreversible - Romans 11:29 states, "For YHVH's
gifts and his call are irrevocable"
While often applied to
individual spiritual gifts, the original context (Romans 11) pertains to YHVH's
faithfulness to Israel/Jacob despite their disobedience.
Irrevocable Nature: "Without
repentance" (KJV/TS2009) means YHVH does not regret or reverse this
decision – ever.
2. Profound
spiritual and emotional shock The patriarchal blessing was not a casual
family wish; in that era and culture, it was a binding, prophetic act that
shaped destiny, inheritance, and spiritual legacy. Isaac felt the full weight
of having transferred it to the "wrong" son (from his perspective),
yet he could not undo it. This created deep inner conflict: anger at the
deception, grief over Esau's loss, but also reverent fear before YHVH's
sovereignty. The text's extreme language underscores existential dread mixed
with the realization of the devastating consequences of his actions.
3. Traditional
Jewish interpretations add depth Midrashic sources (e.g., cited by Rashi on
Genesis 27:33) connect this trembling to Isaac's prophetic insight—he perceived
the future consequences of family division and hatred between the brothers (and
later their descendants). Some midrashim say he saw Gehinom (hell/punishment)
opening beneath him and sensed the spiritual danger of his earlier resistance
to YHVH's decree. This explains the intensity: it wasn't just family drama, but
a moment of cosmic eschatological significance.
What makes this Edomite spirit so insidious is that at
the end of the millennium after Satan is released from his chains, he attempts
one final time to destroy YHVH’s inheritance –
Rev
20:7 And when the thousand years have ended, Satan shall be released from
his prison,
Rev
20:8 and he shall go out to lead the nations astray which are in the four
corners of the earth, Goḡ and Maḡoḡ, Ezk_38:2 to gather them together for
battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. (possibly tens of
billions)
Rev
20:9 And they came up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the
camp of the set-apart ones and the beloved city. And fire came down from Elohim
out of the heaven and consumed them.
Rev
20:10 And the devil, who led them astray, was thrown into the lake of
fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet are. And they
shall be tortured day and night forever and ever.
Gen 27:34 When Ěsaw heard the words of his father,
he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father,
“Bless me, me too, O my father!”
Gen 27:35 And he said, “Your brother came with
deceit and took your blessing.”
Gen 27:36 And Ěsaw said, “Was his name, then,
called Ya‛aqoḇ? For he
has caught me by the heel these two times. He took my birthright, and see, now
he has taken my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for
me?”
Esau's statement is partially true but not
fully accurate—especially regarding the birthright. Here's a clear
breakdown:
The second part ("he has taken my blessing")
is true. Jacob did deceive Isaac (by pretending to be Esau, with Rebekah's
help) and received the irrevocable covenantal blessing intended for Esau
(Genesis 27:27–29). Isaac confirms he cannot undo it (27:33, 37), even though
it was obtained deceitfully.
The first part ("he took my birthright") is
misleading or false in how Esau frames it. Earlier, in Genesis 25:29–34,
Esau voluntarily sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of lentil stew when he
was famished. Esau himself said, “Behold, I am about to die; of what use is a
birthright to me?” He swore an oath and sold it, after which the text
explicitly states: “Thus Esau despised his birthright.” Jacob did not steal or
take it by force/deception—he negotiated a transaction that Esau agreed to,
however impulsively and foolishly. Esau later regretted it deeply, but he had
legally and willingly transferred it.
Gen 27:37 Then Yitsḥaq
answered and said to Ěsaw, “See, I have made him your master, and all his
brothers (includes all future generations) I have given to him as servants. And
I have sustained him with grain and wine. And what, then, shall I do for you,
my son?” (Esau is now in ‘’panic mode’’ he realizes what he has lost and
will never be able to get back again – unless of course he repents and is
‘’grafted’’ into Jacob’s tree’’- this includes ALL gentiles)
Gen 27:38 And Ěsaw said to his father, “Have you
only one blessing, my father? Bless me, me too, O my father!” And Ěsaw lifted
up his voice and wept.
Gen 27:39 And Yitsḥaq
his father answered and said to him, “See, your dwelling is of the fatness of
the earth, and of the dew of the heavens from above.
Gen 27:40 And by your sword you are to live, and
serve your brother. And it shall be, when you grow restless, that you shall
break his yoke from your neck.”
In essence, Esau's "one blessing" is a
bittersweet prophecy of survival through strife, material provision in a tough
land, and temporary subjugation followed by bursts of freedom—but never the
covenant role or ultimate spiritual inheritance given to Jacob.
Gen 27:41 And Ěsaw hated Ya‛aqoḇ because of the blessing with
which his father blessed him, and Ěsaw said in his heart, “The days of mourning
for my father draw near, then I am going to kill my brother Ya‛aqoḇ.”
Gen 27:42 And the words of Ěsaw her older son were
reported to Riḇqah, and
she sent and called Ya‛aqoḇ
her younger son, and said to him, “See, your brother Ěsaw comforts himself
concerning you, to kill you.
Gen 27:43 “And now, my son, listen to my voice, and
rise, flee to my brother Laḇan
in Ḥaran.
Gen 27:44 “And stay with him a few days, until your
brother’s wrath turns away,
Gen 27:45 until your brother’s displeasure turns
away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. And I shall send and
bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”
Have you noticed how ‘’Esau’s’’ hatred has returned since
‘’Jacob’’ has begun to return to the land since 1948?
·
Gen 27:46 And Riḇqah said to Yitsḥaq,
“I am disgusted with my life because of the daughters of Ḥěth. If Ya‛aqoḇ takes a wife from the
daughters of Ḥěth, like
these who are the daughters of the land, what is my life to me?” (Biblical
Context: Heth is the ancestor of the Hittites (sons of Heth) and is
sometimes interpreted as meaning "terror," "dread," or
"broken" they hated Israel/Jacob)
‘’ Genetic studies and historical analyses indicate
that modern-day Palestinians can be compared to the ancient Canaanites, as
they share significant genetic ancestry with the indigenous Levantine
populations that inhabited the region during the Bronze Age. Palestinians
possess high levels of continuity with ancient Canaanites, often80–90%,
reflecting a long-term presence in the area.’’ wikipedia
Jacob Sent to Laban
Gen 28:1 And Yitsḥaq called Ya‛aqoḇ
and blessed him, and commanded him, and said to him, “Do not take a wife from
the daughters of Kena‛an. (the Canaanites were determined to destroy
Israel – then and now)
Gen 28:2 “Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of
Bethu’ěl your mother’s father. And take a
wife for yourself from there, from the daughters of Laḇan your mother’s
brother.
By marrying within the family, Jacob positioned
himself to inherit the "Blessing of Abraham," which included promises of a
numerous posterity, a chosen land, and being a blessing to all families.
The biblical account indicates that Abraham
did not originally come from Paddan
Aram,
but he lived there
for a significant period before migrating to Canaan - Abraham later
referred to this region as "the
land of my birth"
Gen 28:3 “And Ěl Shaddai bless you, and make you
fruitful and increase you, and you shall become an assembly of peoples,
Gen 28:4 and give you the blessing of Aḇraham, to you and your seed
with you, so that you inherit the land of your sojournings, which Elohim gave
to Aḇraham.”
Gen 28:5 So Yitsḥaq
sent Ya‛aqoḇ away, and he
went to Paddan Aram, to Laḇan
son of Bethu’ěl the Aramean, the brother of Riḇqah,
the mother of Ya‛aqoḇ and
Ěsaw.
Esau Marries an Ishmaelite
Gen 28:6 And Ěsaw saw that Yitsḥaq had blessed Ya‛aqoḇ and sent him away to Paddan
Aram to take himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him
a command, saying, “Do not take a wife from the daughters of Kena‛an,”
Gen 28:7 and that Ya‛aqoḇ had obeyed his father and his mother and had
gone to Paddan Aram.
Gen 28:8 So Ěsaw saw that the daughters of Kena‛an
did not please his father Yitsḥaq,
Gen 28:9 and Ěsaw went to Yishma‛ěl and took Maḥalath the daughter of
Yishma‛ěl, Aḇraham’s son,
the sister of Neḇayoth,
to be his wife, besides the wives he had. (Mahalath - Derived from
the root chalah (חָלה),
meaning to be weak or sick – also related to the root machol,
suggesting rhythmic or whirling dance.)
Isa
10:20 And in that day it shall be that the remnant of Yisra’ěl, and those
who have escaped of the house of Ya‛aqoḇ, never again lean upon him who
struck them, but shall lean upon יהוה, the Set-apart One of
Yisra’ěl, in truth.
Isa
10:21 A remnant shall return, the remnant of Ya‛aqoḇ, to the Mighty Ěl.
Isa
10:22 For though your people, O Yisra’ěl, be as the sand of the sea, yet
a remnant of them shall return – a decisive end, overflowing with
righteousness.
Blessed
are you YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given us your Torah of
truth and have planted everlasting life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH
giver of the Torah – Amein.