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The Story of Jacob and Esau—
How to be Blessed

August 15, 2020Bible storiesblessings, blindness, coercion, deception, esau, family, farming, fighting, food, fraud, god, hunting, incest, injustice, isaac, jacob, rebekah, sabotage, theftR. A. Absalom

Jacob and Esau were twin brothers, the sons of Abraham’s son Isaac and Rebekah, Isaac’s first cousin once removed. Esau, the firstborn, was red and hairy. His brother Jacob was notoriously deceptive; he was pulling Esau’s leg from the day he was born.

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