Read Genesis 27.30-46. In 27.34-38: The grief and anger of Isaac and Esau presuppose that the words and power of a blessing cannot be taken back once they have been spoken. In verse 39: Esau can only receive the opposite of what Jacob already received. Jacob will receive of (the Hebrew preposition "min") the fatness of the earth (v. 28) while Esau will live away (the same preposition "min") the fatness of the earth. The land of Edom was not agriculturally rich area. In verse 41: I will kill my brother Jacob: These are the last words we hear from Esau concerning Jacob until they meet many years later in ch 33. In verse 46: Rebekah's excuse to Isaac for sending Jacob away is to avoid Jacob's marrying one of the Hittite or Canaanite women of the land as Esau had done (26.34-35). Her real reason is to stop Esau from murdering his brother Jacob (vv. 42-45). Comments or Questions..
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