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CHILDREN'S SABBATH LESSONS
LESSON 8
Jacob's
Birthright
Isaac was the son of Abraham and Sarah.
When Isaac grew up he married Rebekah and they had twin boys whom they named
Esau and Jacob.
As Esau and Jacob were growing up they heard stories from their father Isaac
and their grandfather, Abraham, about how Yahweh had promised great blessings to
Abraham’s children.
When the boys grew up, Esau became a
good hunter but Jacob was a man who liked to stay at home.
Isaac loved Esau because Isaac liked to
eat the deer meat Esau got by hunting. Rebekah loved Jacob.
One day when Esau was out in the field, he hunted for a long, long time and got
very, very hungry.
Jacob had just made some stew and it
smelled very good to Esau.
Esau told Jacob, “Feed me! I’m about to die of hunger!” Jacob told Esau, “I
will give you some food if you will sell me your birthright.”
Jacob knew the birthright was a great
gift from Yahweh. It was the great blessing from Yahweh that grandfather Abraham
had told the boys about.
Esau didn’t care about the blessing. He
just wanted some food.
Later, when their father Isaac was very
old, his eyes became weak and he couldn’t see well. He even thought he was going
to die soon.
Isaac called Esau to him because he was
going to give him a blessing.
Isaac wanted some good deer meat to eat before he died, so he told Esau to take
his bow and arrows and go and get a deer and make some of that good tasty meat
for him before he died and he would bless him.
Rebekah heard what Isaac said to Esau.
She told Jacob to dress up like Esau and go and fix some goat’s meat for Isaac
and take it to him so Jacob could get the blessing.
Jacob put Esau’s clothes on and put goat
skins on his arms so Isaac would think he was Esau.
Isaac gave Jacob the blessing. This made
Esau very mad. He said he would kill Jacob when Isaac died. Later he forgot
about how mad he was and he loved his brother Jacob again.
Yahweh will send a blessing to those who
follow him.
Memory Verse
"I am the Elohim of Bethel,
where you anointed a pillar
and where you made a vow to me.
Now leave this land at once and
go back to your native land."
Genesis 31:13
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