“Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.”
May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed. The covenant blessing for Jacob — nations serving, peoples bowing, lord over brothers — is the reversal of the birth order prophesied in Genesis 25:23. The blessing over Esau's cursing those who curse Jacob echoes the Abrahamic covenant of Genesis 12:3. The Abrahamic covenant is being passed to Jacob through this blessing, even though the blessing was obtained through deception. The application: God's covenant purposes run through the vessels of human failure as well as through those of human faithfulness. The blessing stands regardless of the method.
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