20.06.2009 :: Genesis 27

Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
Psalm: 15 Mk 8:1-10
Ottawa - (Ontario, Canada) The Rt Rev'd John Holland Chapman

Reading:
Genesis 27

Thoughts:
Jacob is a trickster, that's for sure. But his trickery comes and bites him back this time: his brother decides to kill him.

It's good that Rebekah is looking out for her favourite child, since she's the one who told him to steal Esau's blessing in the first place.

This story always makes me wonder if the Hittite women Esau married were really all that bad. I wonder if maybe Rebekah was no picnic for them, either. Was she a shrew, a nag, a woman you didn't want to cross? It's an interesting question. We aren't really given much to go on here, but I wouldn't be surprised.