Genesis 27:30-37
30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father,
“Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.”
32 His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?”
He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
33 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.” 34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”
35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”
36 Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times.
He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.”
Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him.
What then can I do for you, my son?”
38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father?
Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

The deception became readily apparent.

Isaac’s response?
He trembled…very violently.
Out of fear?
Out of anger?

Isaac questioned who it was that had come and received his blessing. He knew.
Isaac declare that yes, he would be blessed.
The blessing was irreversible.

Esau’s response?
He was furious.
He cried out with a exceedingly great and bitter cry.
He cried to his father to bless him.
As we will see later, Isaac did speak forth a prophetic Word over him…but, not exactly a blessing.

Esau then raved against Jacob accusing Jacob of cheating him twice.
Jacob did cheat him once.
Esau abdicated his birthright.

Birthright - abdicated, given away for a bowl of beans.
Blessing - stolen by deceit.

Isaac tells Esau what he had done…the blessing.
Jacob would lord over Esau.
Jacob’s brothers would be his servants.
Grain and wine would sustain him…in abundance.

Then, the sad poignant statement.
The cry for blessing from father.
But is was too late.
Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

This is the picture we saw in Hebrews 12…

15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God;
that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
16 that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.17 For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected,
for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

Do not think that one can presumptively sin and repent at will.
Such is not so.

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