January 29, Reading 1 – Genesis 36

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SAA Notes

Esau chose wealth and fame and got it. He sold himself short on everything that is truly worthwhile – the things that last for eternity. Esau and his history should make us re-consider what we are spending our lives for!

SJA Notes

* Dear God, please help me understand Your word better today.

“These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, Korah, Gatam, and Amalek;”

Sometimes it might seem hard to read a passage like this and get much to chew over – It’s mostly a list of family names!

But God’s word is living. Breathing. Every single bit of it, each passage having more depth every time God opens our eyes to see deeper and further.

Esau’s descendants were mostly known as the Edomites.

They were not friendly to Israel, hundreds of years later when Moses was leading Israel through the desert – Edom would not allow them passage (coming out in force).

Long years later, after more hundreds of years, a descendant of the Edomites was made King over Judea. Herod the Great ordered the murder of many young little ones in an attempt to kill Jesus when He was a baby.

There is depth in this passage!

The book of Esther holds another character who came from Esau, through his grandson Amalek, from whom came the Amalekites.

And the great enemy in Esther, a man named Haman, was a direct descendant of Agag, king of Amalek at the time when Saul was king of Israel.

Haman wanted the Jewish people to be eradicated.

God prevailed, and instead things went the other way.

There is depth in this passage!

We see the folly of rejecting God as Esau did, despising his birthright.

Let us trust that God has something for us in every passage of His word He reads, that He will teach us all that He wants for us to know.

* God Above,

Your word to us is truth, life and health.

Please feed us with the bread of life, Christ Jesus, today.

Amen.

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