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12. Jacob (Ya'qûb) and Esau

· Read in The Qur’an – 4:163, 6:83-86

· Read in The Tanakh and The Bible - Genesis 25:19-34, 27:1-30:43, Genesis 28:11-22; Romans 9; Hebrews 11:20, Hebrews 12:15–17

Readings from The Qur’an:

Qur’an (V. 4:163) Verily, We have sent the revelation to you (0 Muhammad) as We sent the revelation to Nuh (Noah) and the Prophets after him; We (also) sent the revelation to Ibrahim (Abraham), Isma`il (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac), Ya'qub (Jacob), and Al-Asbat [the offspring of the twelve sons of Ya'qub (Jacob)], 'Isa (Jesus), Ayyub (Job), Yunus (Jonah), Haran (Aaron), and Sulaiman (Solomon); and to Dawud (David) We gave the Zabur (Psalms).
Qur’an (V. 6:83-86) And that was Our Proof which We gave Ibrahim (Abraham) against his people. We raise whom We will in degrees. Certainly your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing. And We bestowed upon him Ishaq (Isaac) and Ya'qub (Jacob), each of them We guided

Readings from The Tanakh and The Bible:

· Jacob/Esau: A Love/Hate Relationship

· “By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. [21] By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff.” (Hebrews 11:20-21)

· “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” (Romans 9:13)

· Sarai and Hagar - “dealt harshly with her” (Gen 16:6) and “she looked with contempt” (Genesis 16:4)

· Isaac and Ishmael

· “the son of the slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac” (Genesis 21:10)

· “Abraham gave all he had to Issac.” (Genesis 25:5)

· “the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts & … sent them away” (Genesis 25:6)

· Jacob and Esau - “Two nations are in your womb & two peoples from within you shall be divided” (Genesis 25:23)

· “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” (Romans 9:13)

· Rachel and Leah - Jacob…loved Rachel more than Leah (Genesis 29:30)

· Joseph and His Brothers - “Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons” (Genesis 37:3)

· Grieve for the Lost. Weep. Pray. Never Stop Hurting. I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. (Romans 9:1-2)

· Reach the Lost. Give. Sacrifice. Surrender. Go. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. (Romans 9:3)

· Trust God. Rest. Yield. Stop Wrestling, Doubting, Questioning. What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! (Romans 9:14)

· Rejoice in God’s Mercy. God’s Free Gift.So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. (Romans 9:16)

· God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.” (Exodus 3:15)

· Romans 9:10–29 “And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, [11] though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—[12] she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” [13] As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

· [14] What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! [15] For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” [16] So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. [17] For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” [18] So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

· [19] You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?” [20] But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” [21] Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? [22] What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, [23] in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—[24] even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? [25] As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’” [26] “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” [27] And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved, [28] for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.” [29] And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah.”

· Hebrews 11:20 “By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau.”

· Hebrews 12:15–17 “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.”

See also:

“What does the Bible say about Jacob?”www.trustworthyword.com/jacob-esau