It’s quite surprising how the siblings, Laban and Rebekah, were so innately deceptive. In fact, Rebekah’s deceptive spirit was so deeply engrained in her heart that when Jacob worried that his father could find out about their trick, she said “Let your curse be upon me, my son...” 😮 I therefore wondered where she could have picked up this terrible heart of deception from. 🤔
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Why did the younger often get blessed over the older in the Bible?
Genesis 48:17-19 A friend asked this question and got me thinking as it’s a repeated and interesting Bible phenomenon. One of my thoughts is that in all these cases, God already knew the heart of the people and that’s what guided how the weight of blessings flowed. If you look at the example of David … Continue reading Why did the younger often get blessed over the older in the Bible?

