41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? (Genesis 27:41-46)
We see Esau’s true nature. Esau desired to murder Jacob. And so we see that while Jacob was no saint at least at this stage in life, he was not as rebellious and angry, as was Esau. We see that Rebekah is even lamenting Esau’s choice of a wife and Rebekah did not want Jacob to make the same mistake. There is certainly a lot of dysfunction in Isaac’s family at this stage. The dysfunction is a result of sin.
We see Esau’s true nature. Esau desired to murder Jacob. And so we see that while Jacob was no saint at least at this stage in life, he was not as rebellious and angry, as was Esau. We see that Rebekah is even lamenting Esau’s choice of a wife and Rebekah did not want Jacob to make the same mistake. There is certainly a lot of dysfunction in Isaac’s family at this stage. The dysfunction is a result of sin.
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