Verse 33 now, And Jacob said, Swear to
me this day.
And he swore unto him, and he sold
his birthright unto Jacob.
And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of
lentils, and he did eat and drink, and
rose up, went his way.
Thus Esau despised his birthright.
That's the important thing to see at this
juncture.
This man just sits down, eats a bowl
of soup, and for that bowl of soup
he surrendered his birthright, just like that.
It meant nothing to him.
It had no spiritual value to him whatsoever,
because nothing that was spiritual meant anything to
him.
Now, you meet a great many people that
are that way.
And unfortunately, I'm afraid, we've got church members
that are like that, have no spiritual capacity
whatsoever, no understanding of spiritual truth.
And that, I think, is the mark of
a Christian today, is that one that the
Spirit of God can teach and lead and
guide.
This is quite a revelation now of the
two boys.
Actually, here he's deceiving no one.
He's just taking advantage of a man that
doesn't attach any value to it at all.
It's just like a man today that has
a very valuable heirloom, say, an old Bible
that belonged to his grandfather.
And another grandson wants it, and he pays
him 25 cents for it.
And the fellow says, Well, give me your
25 cents.
I don't care for it at all.
And I was going to throw it away
anyway.
And that's exactly what Esau would have done.
But this boy Jacob did this very cleverly.
But now in this next chapter, and we're
going to have to save that till next
time, we're going to see he's really a
rascal, by the way.