I'm sure both of you mean Esau and no Enoch. But speaking of dumb, if Esau didn't "need the status of the firstborn", why was Isaac so insistent on giving it to him anyway - and why would Jacob have any need of it, either?
But first, a song. Sit back, turn up the radio, and sing along with me to this Alex Murphy Jukebox Classic from 2003...
Esau Didn’t Wait
Sung to Paula Cole’s “I Don’t Want to Wait”So Jacob got the blessing, right?
and Esau got the shaft all right
Isaac wasn’t good or blind
you need to read the other side
Rebekah had two babies
one was red and one was clean
Gen 25:24
Isaac loved his meat
Jacob got the short sheet
The older was supposed to serve the younger
Would both sons get blessings from their father?
CHORUS:
Esau wouldn’t wait
he thought his life would be over
He wants to eat right now
what will it be
Jacob said okay
Just sign your double blessing over
Did he say “yes” or did he say
”sorry”?
He showed up hairy
on Isaac’s front step
carrying fresh meat for his kin
Isaac gave him everything
More than the double blessing
Jacob knew Isaac meant him harm
then Esau came and found
Isaac left him nothing
[Chorus]
Don’t you look at me
from across the room, saying
I’m reading into it again
Jacob he knew the feeling
Isaac disowned him to favor his brother
But Rebekah knew her husband’s weakness
Jacob’s last chance was that moment
and you think that Jacob did what
his father and his father and his father did
Go and read Genesis now…
[Chorus]
So Jacob got the blessing, right?
and Esau got the shaft all right
Isaac wasn’t good or blind
you need to read the other side
[Chorus] (2 times)So Jacob got the blessing, right?
and Esau got the shaft all right
Isaac wasn’t good or blind
you need to read the other side
A musical interlude!
I've missed them.
Bishop Minatios, whose work we ended up discussing so much noticed that Isaac really attempted to sell his blessing, so it wouldn't have been valid if given. Jacob parlayed the blessing into the nation of Israel, which he founded. Could Esau have done as well?