Christian Faith- The Power of Your Spoken Words Part 8

47 In this episode, I talk about the story found in Genesis 25-27
about the twin brothers Jacob and Esau.

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Genesis 25:21-23
Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was
barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife
conceived.

But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If
all is well, why am I like ?" So she to inquire of the
Lord.

Ane the Lord said to her; "Two nations are in your womb. Two
peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be
stranger than the other, and the older shall serve the
younger."

Genesis 27:1-5
Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim
that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and he
said to him, "Here I am."

Then he said, "Behold now, I am old. I do not know the day of my
death. Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and
your bow, and go to the field and hunt game for me.

And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that
I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.

Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And
Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.

So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Indeed I heard your
father speak to Esau your brother, saying, 'Bring me game and
make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the
presence of the Lord before my death.'

Genesis 27:22-29
So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt to him and
said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of
Esau."

And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like
his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

Then he said, "Are you really my son Esau? He said, "I
am." 

He said, "Bring it near to me and I will eat of my son's game, so
that my soul may bless you." So he brought it near to him, and he
ate; and he brought him wine and he drank.

Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come near now and kiss me, my
son."

And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his
clothing, and blessed him and said;

"Surely, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field which
the Lord has blessed. Therefore may God give you of the dew of
heaven, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and
wine. Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be
master over your brethren, and let your mother's sons bow down to
you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be those who
bless you!"

Then Esau comes in to get the blessing from his father.

Genesis 27:31-35
He also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and
said to his father, "Let my father arise and eat his son's game,
that your soul may bless me."

And his father Issac said to him, "Who are you?" So he said, "I
am your son, your firstborn, Esau."

Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and he said, "Who? Where is the
one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before
you came, and I have blessed him and indeed he shall be
blessed."

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an
exceedingly great bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless
me...me also, O my father!"

But he said, "Your brother came with deceit and has taken away
your blessing."
Once you release your words, it is the same as throwing a rock.
Once you let go of the rock, you can't "unthrow it." It is the
same with your words; once you speak them into your world, you
can not "unspeak" them.