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You're listening to my Bible study with doctor Baruch Gorman,
a ministry of Love Israel dot org. In this episode,
Baruk will teach the Bible verse by verse, translating directly
from the original languages and sharing the Jewish context of
scripture so you can grow deeper in your knowledge of
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Speaker 2 (00:33):
We are in the midst of our study from the
Book of Romans in chapter nine, and we've taken some
time to focus in on the account concerning two brothers,
and of course I'm speaking about Esaul and Yakov. Now,
these two individuals. The Bible speaks greatly about these two

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men in order that we would know the truth of God.
For example, and the prophecy of Ovadya, that's the book
of Obadiah. Their heritage is spoken of Israel and a dome,
and a dome is an evil people that God is

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eternally against because they have that defiant spirit, that spirit
of rebelliousness that Esaul demonstrated. Simply stated, Esaul was not
interested in the things of God. He did not want
to walk in the heritage, that is the faith of
Avraham and Yitskak, his father and grandfather. But in contrast

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to Esaul, jah Kov Jacob, he was a man that
was sensitive to the things of God. And that's why
the scripture tells us in the Book of Hebrews from
a New Testament perspective, that God saw Esaul as any
more perverse wicked individual, but Yah Cove he loved. So

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if we're going to rightly understand this ninth chapter the
Book of Romans, we need to get it right what
God says about these two individuals. And we began a
few weeks ago emphasizing what the Book of Genesis says,
first in Genesis twenty five, and then last week at
the first part of Genesis twenty seven. And now God willing,

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are going to conclude our study of these two men
from Genesis twenty seven. So with that said, take out
your Bible and look with me to the Book of
Genesis and chapter twenty seven. Now we've seen some things
we know prophetically from the prophecy of Malachi. We are
told that God loves Jacob, but he hates Esaul. And

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then we saw likewise Isaac, he loved Esaul, but it
was the mother Rebeccah that loved Yakov. Why is that important?
Because Rebecca is agreeing with God's perspective. And we were
told last week that Yit's got Isaac, that his eyes

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were dim from seeing, meaning this he did not have
the right perspective. It was the mother Rifka that she
saw things prophetically. Why because God spoke to Rebecca. She
heard the voice of God, the instructions of God that

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said that the older one will serve the younger. And
we also saw last week that when Isaac said to
Esaul that go and bring me the game, that is
the hunting that you know that I love, Its tastes
prepared for me that I might eat and bless you.

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Now here's the problem. We saw in Genesis twenty five
that that Esau sold his birthright. There was nothing deceptive
about it. You read as we study Genesis twenty five.
You read that and everything was known to Esaul. He
said such horrible things as what is this birthright to me?

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Why should I have? And in fact the scripture says
that he despise. That word means he thought little of
why it did not further his plans. And prophetically, in
that prophecy of Malachi, we see that Esau was defiant
and rebellious. This is why God says, Esaul I have hated,

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but Jacob I have loved. Why well, name ya Cove
or Jacob. It comes from a Hebrew verb which means
to pursue after. It means to follow after something and
specifically the will of God. That's why yak Cove was

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interested in that birthright. And we see as the reader
how it wasn't important to Esaul that he sold it
for one meal, one bowl of a porrich and we
also know that that Esau and Jacob, they came from
a wealthy family. They would have had Esau I'm speaking

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of specifically, would have had the means to eat something else.
But here's his problem. He wants what he wants, what
his stomach desires. He wants it when he wants it,
and he's willing to forsake his birthright. And with that
birthright comes the blessing. So you need to see something.

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When Isaac said to Esau, go bring me this game
that I love, this food from hunting, and prepare it
the way you know, that's tasty to me that I
might eat and bless you, Esau. If he was an
honorable person, if he wasn't a deceiver, if Esaul wasn't

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a sure planter, he would have said, father, I have
sold that birthright. That's a shameful thing to do. That's
why he didn't declare it. And furthermore, he's dishonest because
he was trying to get that blessing that rightly now
belonged to Jacob because Jacob purchased it. There was nothing

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deceiving about Jacob. It was very clear what he wanted,
what the terms were. And Esau, because it wasn't important
to him, he despised that birthright that he sold it.
The next thing that we're going to see as we
look at Genesis twenty seven, is that that the mother, Rebecca,

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she is going to instruct Jacob. In fact, biblically, according
to the Book of Jacob, the Book of Genesis, everything
that Jacob does he is told by his mother. We
saw that verse last week when Jacob says, now wait
a second, Mom, you know my dad doesn't know what's
going on. He was not told about this cell, this

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purchase of the birthright. And therefore I will be in
his eyes. Notice his eyes? What type of eyes does
he have? Heavy eyes? Eyes that were dim from seeing?
I will appear in his eyes as not that he is,
but like a deceiver. But we know something, there was

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nothing deceptive. What do we learn well in this book
of Genesis chawenty seven, everything that's recorded has purpose. And
it's not just a coincidence. It's not just a happening
by chance, but it is providential. It is part of
God's revelation that Rebecca tells her son Jacob, bring me

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two kid goats. Why is that important? Because that should
bring to our attention, just like we read in Leviticus
chapter sixteen about two goats for what day? For the
day of Atonement Yom Kippor. And this is when the
high priest goes before God, his father in order to

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secure a blessing, not just for him and his household
foot four, all of Israel. And what we're seeing in
Genesis twenty seven is this. We see that Jacob is
going before his father in order to secure it's a blessing.
Why in order to carry on the heritage, the legacy,

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the call, that covenant that God made with Abraham and
went from Abraham to Isaac. And now prophetically God reveals
to Rebecca it's not going to the older son, the firstborn,
but is going to the younger. That's why, prophetically God

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spoke to Rebecca, the older will serve the younger. She
knows this, and she's responding. Everything that she's doing is
in response to what God has told her. Now, notice
how she anticipates everything by chance, no, by providence, by God.
Notice what the scripture says. Let's pick up where we

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left off last week. In verse verse fifteen, it says Rifka,
that is Rebecca. She took the garments of Esau, her
eldest son. And what type of garments? Well, literally, it's
a word ha kramudot. What does that mean? The desirable,

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the very best garments that Esau possesses. Now this also
tells us something. It tells us that that Esau, this
was should have been a very important time in his life.
He as the former firstborn, he sold that right. But

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this was the garment that he should have been wearing
in order to receive that blessing, the most desirable garments,
but he didn't because this day wasn't important to him,
but he simply wanted to fort the will of God.
God's will was that Jacob would receive that. That's what

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Rebecca is told. But Esau is renegging on his agreement.
He's been a deceiver when he goes before his father
in order to receive that blessing. So we're told here
verse fifteen again that Rebecca takes these desirable garments of

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her son Esau, which were to her at home, and
she noticed this. She was the one that dressed Yakov,
her youngest son. She was architecting everything in regard to
that day. Why because she had prophetic insight, and she

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took the skins of these two goats and she placed
them upon her son. Now this covering is important because
Yom Kippour the word kipoor for atonement. It's simply the
Hebrew word for a covering. So this is another hint
of this day of atonement, when the high priest went

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before for his father in order to secure a blessing.
This is what Yakov's doing, and the high priests he
couldn't just go before him anyway. There was a process
that the high press high priest, and you can read
about this in the Vitica sixteen. This process that the
high priest had to go through in order to come

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before his father, God, the Father, in order to be blessed.
This is the context for understanding it. And she anticipated
that the father would want to fill the hands of
his son Esaul, because they were hairy, as well as
the back of his neck. And therefore she put these

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skins of these two goats in those locations, testifying, revealing
to the reader that she was operating under the inspiration
of God. She anticipated the future how through God. And
it says that she gave her son this good food,

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this tasty food with bread that she had prepared, and
she placed it. Noticed everything she's doing into the end
of verse seventeen into the hand of Jacob, her son.
And he went to his father and he said, my father,
and he said, this is Isaac. He says he nany,

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meaning behold here am i. And he says, pay attention
to this because this is critical. He says me attah beni,
which means who are you my son? Now it's interesting
because he says who are you? But he knows this
is my son, So why does he say that it

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is something that's odd? Who are you, my son. Remember
that it's going to become very important in a moment.
And Jacob says to his father, I am Esau. You're
first born. Now this is important because Esau is no
longer the first born. He sold that right to who Jacob. Now,

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Isaac doesn't know this. And what we see is that
Jacob is behaving, not deceitfully, but in order not to
expose the sin of his brother. Now why is that. Well,
if you listen to some of the commentators, they will
tell you this. They will tell you that that it

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is satanic that he is the accuser, and Jacob is
not called to accuse his brother to expose the sin. No,
it's going to come out in a natural way, but
not through the instructions of Jacob. It is not our
responsibility to go around exposing sin. Now we speak for

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the truth, we stand against sin. But but we are
not the one that is the accuser. Satan is called
the accuser. Jacob is doing what is right according to
what the prophetic instructions of his mother. What she knows
is the will of God. And as I said, everything

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that she does, it's going to be born out in
the text that it was not by chance, but the
providence of God. So he says, I am Esaul, you're
first born, and I have done just as you have
said unto me. Rise and sit and eat from this game,

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from my hunting, on account that your soul shall bless
me Verse twenty. And yet Scott, that is Isaac says
to his son, what is this that's so quickly you
have found my son? And notice the end of verse twenty. Now,
this is what happens when you do not look at

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the original language. People just gloss over this next part
of the verse. But it's very very significant. Why because
he says, four, the Lord, your God has happened before me.
Now what does that mean has happened? Well, this is
a very important biblical expression. When we look at the

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Exodus from Egypt. God speaks to Moses, He speaks to
the elders of Israel and Moses and Aharon, that is
Aaron go before Pharaoh. And you can read about this
in the Book of Exodus in chapter three. And what
do they say? They say, God has happened to us. Now,

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this expression always speaks about God's activity in a place.
Let me give you an example, and the book of Ruth.
Now Ruth is an important book. Here we see how
the Messianic lineage continues. And we know that that Ruth
is going based upon the Torah instruction. She is is destitute.

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So the Tora says, if you're poor, you can go
and glean in the fields, the corners of the fields.
And also you can go after the ones who are harvesting,
and what they drop you can pick up. What they
leave behind you can take. And we know that Boaz

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was that kinsman redeemer, and it says that it was
a happening that Ruth was led to the fields of Boaz.
So several places in the scripture. Let me give you
another one in the Book of Genesis, Genesis twenty four,
same book, What happens will Aliezer, that trusted servant of Abraham.

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He is called to go and find a wife for
yitskock for Isaac. And what happens He gets to that
location by that well, and what happens. It says just
that that God moved, but it says God happened. Every
time we see that expression, that the Lord happened may

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be translated in different ways in your Bible, but it's
the same Hebrew term. It always speaks about God's providence,
God's happening, god moving, godly activity, And what he's saying
here is this. This is what the reader should glean
from this. He's saying that everything that's taking place to

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bring me to this moment is God's activity. And God
instructed him to do that through his mother, who knew
the purpose and the plan of God. Now we see
how yitskak. He heard that voice and he says, you know,
it's the voice of Jacob. Let me touch you. And

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just like we saw these hands in the back of
the neck, this is what he wanted to touch to confirm.
And it was only because of the mother's obedience, hearing
the purposes of God, wanting to fulfill the will of God,
that she was led to place not only the garments

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of her son, these fine garments for the scent of Esau,
but also the skin, that hairy part of the goat,
that it was placed upon his hands and upon the
back of his neck. Why to tell the reader that
none of this is by chance. This is all taking place.
It's a happening of God. We see his providence at

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work in this, and it's so important. Well, this takes
place and we find if we keep reading in chapter
twenty seven that in the end Isaac he blesses his
son Jacob exactly as the prophetic word from God to

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Rebecca said. And therefore now the older is going to
have to serve the younger. This is the intent. Now,
notice something else in this account. We find that right
after Isaac blesses Jacob and Jacob departs, he goes forth.

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What happens now comes Esaul. Esaul is coming to get
the blessing that in Genesis twenty five he sould to
his younger brother he's being a deceiver. And notice what
happens verse thirty two. Here that Esaul comes before his

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father and he says to him, this is Isaac. His
father says to Esau, Notice me, Attah, what's that? Who
are you? Now? When he says it to Jacob, he says,
who are you, my son? But when he says it

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to Esau, he simply says who are you? He does
not include this phrase my son. And notice middle of
verse thirty two, and he said, this would be Esaul speaking,
I am your firstborn, your son, I am your firstborn son, Esaul.

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This is no longer the case. He may be the older.
That is the word goadol. But he cannot use a
term behore that is firstborn. Two different terms, and hebrews
being used here. One simply speaks of being older. But
he is no longer the firstborn. And why you know

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the answer to this. He's sold that birthright and it
is wrong for him to be to be attempting to
get the blessing that goes along with it. Well, what
happens when he finds out that he's not going to
get that blessing? He doesn't understand the significance because he says, Dad,

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bless me. Nevertheless, no, there's only one blessing he is
accepting or wanting, suggesting at least a counterfeit blessing, not
the blessing of the first born. He just wants any
old blessing. Why he doesn't understand the significance of the situation.

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His father says, you know the one who has come.
He look at the end of verse thirty three, he says,
he is indeed will be blessed. And when Esau now
verse thirty four, when Esau heard the words of his father,
what did he do? It says he cries out with

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a great and bitter cry. Why is that important? Because
in Hebrew there's two words for crying out. Now they
sound similar. One is a word that's oak. The other
one is liz oak very similar. One is written with
the Hebrew letter sadae as in this case, the other

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one with the Hebrew letter zion. They are spelled differently
because they have a different significance. You see, when something
is sad concerning the purpose of God, the will of God,
and it doesn't appear that is going to happen, there
is a cry that is a large and bitter cry,

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but it uses the different spelling. When this spelling is used,
it speaks about a cry. Why, it speaks about a
disappointment concerning the fact that God's will is going to
be done, that it's going to be carried out. It's
simply a verb that tells us that that aesof that

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is Esaul is disappointed that God's purpose is God's plan
what God prophetically said is going to happen. Now we
look go down to the middle verse thirty four. It
speaks here and now in fact, let's look at verse
thirty five for the sake of time. Isaaca is speaking

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and he says, your brother has come, and it's the
word mirmah. Now mirhma. Many people say that's deception. Well,
it's a word that many times can mean deception, but
it's a word of intelligence. So Jacob came, Yes, he

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came from a natural position, not knowing the situation. Situation
Isaac having dim vision, not the right perspective. It appeared
to him deceiving. But this word has to do with wisdom,
intelligence and to trick someone oftentimes is out of the
ability to be wise, to be smart. Jacob went before

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his father in order to find blessing, and it says
he took your blessing. Now look at verse thirty six,
and Esau is speaking now, and he says, certainly he
has called his name Jacob because he and here's the problem.
People say deceived me. But notice it says he has

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deceived me. According to most translations these two times the
firstborn the right of the firstborn, he's taken. And behold,
now he's taken my blessing. Wait a second. If he
has the right of the firstborn, it's no longer his blessing.
It belongs to Jacob who has it. And it wasn't

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anything deceptive. Why do I say that, Well, the word
that's used here is that same word that the name
Yakov comes from. And this word means to pursue something
and to do so victoriously. Why do I say that,
because it's the same word for heel. Now, in Genesis

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chapter thirty eight, we have the account of the birth
of twins from Tamar and her father in law Judah.
And remember one came out first, and the midwife tied
a red a crimson string around his arm, but he
went back in and the other one bursts forth. And

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we know something from that. The firstborn right is not
given simply because a portion comes out, but rather it's
only when the hill comes out. The name etkev or
yaq is from that same word. It means hill, but
it's a victorious sign. So what Esau is really saying
is not that he's deceived me twice, but he has

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victory twice. He has been victorious twice. He's gotten that birthright.
And now the blessing. And the last thing that we're told,
if you look at verse forty one, is that Esaul
he hated his brother and what did he want to
do kill him? Is that a right attitude? Esau sold

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the birthright. He should have never received the blessing, and
providentially he did not, and now he wants to kill Jacob.
Why he's against the purposes of God. So clear teaching
from the Book of Genesis that we might know the
truth of God.

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