Monday: Like father, like son.

From Genesis 25-28

1. Like father, like son. It is interesting to see that Isaac does the same thing as his father Abraham did when he goes to live near Abimelech, king of the Philistines. Refer back to Genesis 20 if you don't remember Abraham's ordeal with Abimelech. And it was the second time Abraham ran into this problem. (Genesis 12:10-20) Abimelech was smarter this time, and was much more careful He waited and observed and then confronted Isaac.

2. Patience is truly a rare virtue. It is interesting to see that although Abimelech uncovered this deception by Isaac, he did not immediately send him away or treat him harshly. I suppose it was because he knew that Abraham had done the same types of things.

3. He is a weasel. If I were living when Jacob and Esau were alive, I would probably have called Jacob a weasel. He knows that his brother is hungry, and instead of being a caring brother that tries to help his sibling, he takes advantage of the situation. Then later, through deception and lies he steals his brother's blessing too.

4. It is interesting to see that God chose Jacob over Esau. This choice was before the birth of either, (see Genesis 25:23) but I suppose that a possible explanation might be that God knew that Esau would marry Hittites (Genesis 26:34-35)

Happy New Year, everyone!!! We celebrated by watching an episode of the Adams Family, and then watching the ball drop along with some friends from church.