There are many problems that arise from these two firstborn sons. Some examples are that the Lord made one stronger then the other. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. Each son was favored but one person in particular. Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game. Rebekah loved Jacob. I think twinship seems to compound the problems we have already seen with brothers because each son should have been equally loved by the same person and by creating extreme differences between the two, that would cause some sort of jealousy amongst each of the brothers.
Question 2
Both Isaac and Rebekah are parents who are looking for satisfaction out of there two sons. Except Isaac favors Esau and Rebekah favors Jacob. I would say that Isaac is a more straight forward kind of father. He expects a lot out of his first born son but not so much out of Jacob. Therefor he does favor one more then the other. I think Rebekah feels bad for Jacob and wants him to be excepted by his father too. She tells Jacob to go hunt for game and prepare it and then your father will bless you. Jacob ends up hunting it and dresses up like Esau to trick his father into blessing him instead of Esau. I dont blame him for doing what he did he just wants to be excepted by his father.
Question 3
When Jacob has his dream he dreamt that
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And your interpretation of #3 would be? Pasting a long quote from the original text is not analysis.
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