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To: DManA
I’m not trying to make any kind of point but I’m curious. Why do you think it was so crucially important in Jacob and Esau’s generation who got the blessing but didn’t matter a bit in the next? The descendents of all 12 of Jacob’s sons were in God’s covenant but for some reason Esau’s were cut out.

Yishma`'el and `Esav were cut out because they were evil men. The twelve sons of Jacob were all righteous.

That answer won't satisfy you if you're a Calvinist, but it's the traditional Jewish position.

15 posted on 11/25/2011 7:44:39 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

It’s not a particular satisfying answer to anyone since the Bible makes no case that Esau was evil. I fact it paints a very sympathetic picture of him when Esau and Jacob meet, and Jacob was afraid Esau was about to kill him, Esau instead embraced him and reconciled.


16 posted on 11/25/2011 8:26:50 AM PST by DManA
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