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Episode 20: Jacob and Esau – The Birthright and the Blessing - Grace for the Undeserving
Episode 20: Jacob and Esau – The Birthright and the BlessingGrace for the Undeserving
Genesis 25:19-34; 27:1-40
Genesis 25 and 27 refuse to offer moral heroes. A father playsfavourites, a mother schemes, a son deceives his blind father to his face, and a brother sells his future for a bowl of stew.
Episode 20 walks through this uncomfortable, deeply human story of Jacob and Esau—one Birthright, one stolen blessing—and uncovers what it reveals about a God whose purposes never depended on anyone deserving them.
Before either twin was born, God had already chosen; the family's manipulation only…
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