(October 23, 2021 at 12:16 am)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: I've always like this for pertinence; Genesis 27:11 "My brother Esau is a hairy man while I am a smooth skin-----" (KJV)It’s a pretty stupid story.
The actual text is
Genesis 27:11 KING JAMES VERSION
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: {27:12} My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
The Bible has a lot of useless lines such as
Genesis 27:2 KING JAMES VERSION
And he (Isaac) said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
^^^^^No kidding. He is old and he does not know when he is going to die.
So, Isaac wants to bless he son (Esau), as if that actually does something.
Isaac asks Esau to go hunting. Cook something that Isaac likes.
Rebekah, the wife of Isaac, hears this and tells Jacob her plan. Jacob is going to get some goats. Rebekah will cook it. Jacob will take the food to Isaac and Isaac is suppose to be fooled and bless Esau.
Rebekah also covers Jacob with the goat skins so that Jacob seems to be a hairy man, just like Esau.
Jacob takes the food to Isaac. A conversation takes place between them. For some reason, Isaac does not recognize that this guy is not Esau.
Isaac asks to feel Jacob. He feels hairy and thinks that it is indeed Esau.
Isaac blesses Jacob.
A few moments later, Esau arrives.
Isaac says something like too late, I already bless the other guy, whoever he was.
Esau cries and decides he wants to kill Jacob.
Rebekah tells Jacob to leave for a while until Esau forgets this whole thing.
Later on, the jewish god appears in a dream of Jacob and promises to support him. (What kind of a god is this? He supports liars and thieves.)
Here is a funny animated version of the story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-iB28Y-cKo
