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Genesis 25:25 & 26
"25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them."

SIBLING RIVALRY has plagued people since the beginning. It is part of our sinful condition. Just reread the Cain and Abel account in Genesis chapter four. It is an all too common and part of the history of our FAITH. In our study this week we read the Holy family genealogy begin; Abraham, considered the Father of FAITH, his son Isaac and his wife Rebekah. They CONCEIVED and Rebekah is having a tough pregnancy. 

She had spent many years worrying about NOT being pregnant. Now she gets to worry about being pregnant! She takes her worries to the LORD. GOD explained to her; "TWO NATIONS are in thy womb... the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger." It is amazing that the SIBLING RIVALRY began BEFORE their birth! The twin brothers fighting inside the womb was very concerning for their mother.

Even their BIRTH was effected by their SIBLING RIVALRY! Today's verses; "And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau." Esau is also "Edom" in Hebrew and means "red." Esau's descendents become know as the Edomites and they are an endless source of trouble for the Jewish people.

The father of the Jewish tribe is born next: "And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them." In Hebrew Jacob literally means "to follow, to be behind" and can mean "to supplant." A symbolic picture of this is seizing someone by their heel! This birth foretales their life story. Jacob will be renamed by GOD to ISRAEL. It is Israel's sons who became the twelve tribes of the Jewish people. 
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