Dressing or covering up to deceive played a big part in Jacob’s life. I have been fighting against Your will all these years but now I’m ready to surrender. One day he called his older son Esau to him and said, “Son!” Esau answered, “Here I am.” 2 Isaac said, “I am old. And his sons Esau and Jacob … Laban brought together all the people and gave Jacob a wedding feast. The name Jacob in Hebrew means ‘to supplant’ or ‘he who grasped the heel’ because he was born holding his brother Esau’s heel. When evening came, Laban took Leah (along with her servant Zipah as an attendant) to Jacob’s tent and Jacob made love to her. Kill an animal for me to eat. He realized that he was tricked into doing what he should have done all along! Because Jacob devised a plan to get his birthright, first. Jacob said to Laban, “What have you done? Isaac's older half-brother was Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar.God commanded Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, but at the last moment told him to offer a ram instead. 25:19 This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. 25:20 When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean … English Standard Version And Isaac breathed his last, and he died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Abraham became the father of Isaac. Genesis 27 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) Jacob Tricks Isaac. Isaac was the promised son born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. 27 Isaac grew old, and his eyes became so weak that he could not see clearly. Then when Isaac was old, he intended to bless Esau. They are portrayed as bitter rivals who were constantly at loggerheads, with Jacob stealing Esau's birthright by subterfuge. Sunday (Genesis 25:19 - 26) Jacob and Esau. A Chronological Daily Bible Study of the Old Testament 7-Day Sections with a Summary-Commentary, Discussion Questions, and a Practical Daily Application. The first instance was when he tricked his own father to give him, the younger son, the blessing meant […] Maybe I will die soon. It is as if Isaac were saying, "Lord, You are right and I am wrong. 3 So take your bow and arrows and go hunting. 4 Prepare the food that I love. When morning came, Jacob realized he had been tricked. The name Isaac means "he laughs." Week 9. Jacob, with the help of his mother Rachel, tricked Isaac into blessing him. And his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him. Then he breathed his last and died at a ripe old age, joining his ancestors in death. I want You to have Your way! I believe the story of Jacob and Esau provides us with a valuable insight into quite early pre-Judaic religious beliefs. I have blessed Jacob and HE SHALL BE BLESSED (Genesis 27:33)."