| Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah.
Abraham had eight sons. Seven of them became the progenitors of the Arabic people. Isaac was set apart, almost to provoke jealousy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
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| And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
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| And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah. .
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| And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. ***************************************** Abraham understood that Isaac was the child of promise, because his birth was a miracle, but, sadly, he couldn't be equal-minded about the children of his other wives, even though he loved them and his sons. In the flesh, we react viscerally to jealousy. That's what caused the first murder, with Cain slaying Abel, because Abel was preferred in sight. That is the root of murder: jealousy, hatred and then murder. In the flesh, it's hard to overcome these piercing blows to our ego, but, Christ commanded us to love those we hate. This can only be done with the power of the Holy Spirit, which every soul needs to seek, by seeking God, who loves all of Abraham's seed. This Plan of the Lord's seems to introduce that paradigm of the "The Chosen" to set up this condition. His reasons are righteous. Only those whose hearts are with God will understand this, like we are given in such righteous men as Abraham, Daniel, King David, King Solomon (well, he kind of fell, but, there's grace.) Why is man stricken with jealousies, resentment, and murderous hatred? What makes us want someone else to die? I confess I've wished some to die, but, I am constantly aware of it when I see my own hate. I can only turn it over to the LORD, and ask him to save me, and give me grace. When you love your enemy, you have no enemies, not even death. This is the path to the peace that passeth our understanding. Let it go. Love your brothers. We'll see Esau and Isaac being set up, most blatantly, the way Ishmael and Isaac were. When Abraham passes away, both Ishmael and Isaac became brothers again, to bury their father. In the end, don't we really want to love our brothers? Abraham's death brought the two estranged blood brothers, Isaac and Ishmael together. They were both blessed in Abraham, as the Lord promised his Prophet. Unfortunately, when it came to resolve issues, when Isaac dies, the coming together of Esau and Jacob take on a darkening seething. Esau acts civilized, but, in his heart, he doesn't slay Jacob, because he loves his father, Isaac, so dearly. But, when Isaac dies, he says, I will kill Jacob... Why does our pride lead to our downfall, too often? There's more than was dreamt of in any of my philosophies.... so to speak. Abraham could only protect Isaac from the first generations. But, the LORD had told him, from the beginning, the way it would be.The enmity between the child of promise, and the children of the flesh created a natural antipathy. Like he did with Ishmael, when he saw how he teased Isaac, he sent these six sons eastward, and there they became the Arabic people. There would be perpetual friction through the aeons, until the final days, between the tribes and the ancestors of Abraham. Even this first generation provoked enough sparks between the brethren, for Abraham to separate them from Isaac, to protect him.  Abraham's sojourn, encompassing the span ofblood children, in all tribes. ********************************************** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. ___________________________________
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| Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people. Gen 26:17 And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. Gen 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghose and died, and was gathered unto his people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.  Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in Hebron. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre.  Gen 23:9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you . Gen 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan. Gen 50:13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. ******************************************** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.  Southern Palestine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well of Lahairoi (Beerlahairoi). Gen 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold [it is] between Kadesh and Bered. Gen 24: 62 And Isaac came from the way of the well of Lahoiroi; for he dwelt in the south country. ___________________________________ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Mibsam, Gen 28:9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth to be his wife. Psa 120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar! Sgs 1:5 I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Isa 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.  Click pic to enlarge- genealogy of Esau: From brother to PHAROAH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, [there were] twins in her womb.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.  (o/t) Most people assume all Shemites, of Abraham,are dark-eyed, dark-haired, and many are, but, there's this red head gene thrown in. We'll see other red-haired ones in this seed. Christ is referred to cryptically as red-haired. Isaiah has the best examples of this in his comparison to Esau with Christ, who appears to us dressed in red, red-headed in symbolisms. Isaiah could *see* this clearly, because Messiah would be kin to King David, who was "ruddy" or red, too.   | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but, Rebekah loved Jacob. _________________________________________ Esau was a "manly man"! Jacob was a "Mama's boy," but, so was Isaac, ironically, refusing to marry during his own mother Sarah's lifetime! Isaac was 40 when he married Rebekah, and 75 when the boys were born. Instead of impregnating Rebekah's handmaid, (twice burned...), he importuned the LORD to open up the womb to keep the celestial seed promise in the Messiah and Savior. Isaac was very old when the boys were grown, and was losing his vision, when he was in his 100s. But, his other senses took over. He loved Esau's smell, clad in leathers, bringing "savoury stewed meats" with spices and aromas. He loved the feel of his leathery and furry arms, and the smell of the outdoors on his hunter son. He must have loved to rub Esau's arm. One can picture Esau leading his frail father into the garden, to hear the birds, smell the green and colors all around, and hear angels' whisperings, while he made his dear father the stew he loved, with meat. His senses took over when his eyesight went. So why did he seem feeble when falling for Rebekah and Jacob's subterfuge? The birthright is everything, and by the Law, Esau was entitled to a double portion, or even everything, as he understood, from losing his own brother Ishmael over this important blessing. But, Isaac probably was aware of Esau selling the red, selling his right of inheritance, for a bowl of red pottage/lentil stew. Esau was the progenitor of the Edomites, who have a tortured history with the Israelites, and are used powerfully in scripture and prophecy, but, he disregarded his inheritance, for the needs of the flesh. How many of us take for granted the red blood of our Savior, who gave us a birthright in the Beloved, to all who have ears, like Isaac did? Not until we learn that we didn't value it, do we lose our place in our Father's kingdom, and have much wailing and recriminations like Esau did. The ancestors of Esau, and the crude Hittite daughters would create a new Egypt, and a new Pharoah, and era of totalitarianism (like our world right now), and not a peaceful time, nor a righteous king like Abimelek, the good and God-fearing King of Gerar. He lived like a brother with Abraham. (Ger= stranger) Abraham was a stranger in a strange land, but, his ancestors would walk the firey coals of Egypt, until God raised up Moses.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.   |
