gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright." In the NT letter of Hebrews the Holy Spirit gives us his commentary on this passage. (Hebrews 12:16–17) See "16 that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal." We conclude that God rejects Esau because he doesn’t believe. We can also say that Esau believe because God has rejected doesn’t him. Both statements are true. In either event, he is earthly minded. He lacks any capacity to value promises to his father and God’s grandfather. To him, they are so unimportant that he trades them for a bowl of red stew. It was a personal rejection of God and everything God stands for. In unbelief has two symptoms––Marriage to Genesis 36 Esau’s Canaanites and a move away from the Promised Land. Esau marries Canaanites 36:1These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). Esau took his wives 2 from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, and Basemath, 3 Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. And Adah bore to Esau, 4 Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and 5 Korah. In this passage Esau married three Canaanite wives. Two weeks ago we learned that this was a huge mistake. It was a classic expression of unbelief, a mistake from which God protected his brother, Jacob. He did this despite the fact that he had been
gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright." In the NT letter of Hebrews the Holy Spirit gives us his commentary on this passage. (Hebrews 12:16–17) See "16 that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal." We conclude that God rejects Esau because he doesn’t believe. We can also say that Esau doesn’t believe because God has rejected him. Both statements are true. In either event, he is earthly minded. He lacks any capacity to value God’s promises to his father and grandfather. To him, they are so unimportant that he trades them for a bowl of red stew. It was a personal rejection of God and everything God stands for. In Genesis 36 Esau’s unbelief has two symptoms––Marriage to Canaanites and a move away from the Promised Land. Esau marries Canaanites 36:1These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 3 and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4 And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. In this passage Esau married three Canaanite wives. Two weeks ago we learned that this was a huge mistake. It was a classic expression of unbelief, a mistake from which God protected his brother, Jacob. He did this despite the fact that he had been