The story of Jacob and Esau is a controversial one. In the bible, it says "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" "Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals." This was said by the Lord, yet it has been shown in the past that favoritism will never be profitable for you. Jacob and Esau were Isaac's sons, grandchildren of the great patriarch Abraham. Esau went out hunting on one occasion. He must have been gone for a few days and not had much luck in snaring anything, because when he returned he was empty handed and starving. Jacob had just cooked a pot of stew. Eagerly Esau asked for a serving, but Jacob told him that he could have it only in exchange for his birthright. In an act of idiocy, Esau agreed to the trade, instantly angering God. In regard to the Seven Pillars of Social Justice, Esau lost his life and dignity of a human person when he gave up his birthright. He was not following any of the seven pillars because he was going against what God wanted. It relates to us in the modern world a lot because we often feel that something is unfair if they take the side you are against. We can all relate to Esau because he have been in his position before where he is not the favorite and his brother, or a friend, gets the special attention. We must understand why it is injustice and what we can do to make it justice.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Report on Jacob and Esau: Aravind Reddy and Daniel Menendez
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The story of Esau selling his birthright is as much a condemnation of Jacob as it is of Esau. Esau is starving, but Jacob refuses to feed him if Esau does not surrender his birthright. Esau makes a mistake and is forced to pay for it the rest of his life. Later on in Genesis, Esau saves Jacob from death, when he could have let him die. This story is a story of how we should love one another without condition.
This group did a good job relateing the story of Esau selling is birthright to mordern times. people in today's world do think it's unfair when someone tells us to do something against our own thoughts.
This story shows how a person could have taken the easy way out of things and left Jacob to die, but he took the initiative to help and in turn, saved Jacob's Life.
i like and agree with the mogern world statement. if someone takes the other side we do tend to think its unfair.
Very complex story, and it gets worse as soon as it interjects the mother, Rebekka, into the mix, tricking Isaac into giving the wrong son the blessing. And so, your analysis and approach of connecting us with Esau was very intriguing, one I never had considered. Good thought process and reflection.
I always saw this story from Jacob's point of view as the good guy. But now i see that Esau was cheated and he still saves Jacob. This shows true courage on his part. Great work.
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