“And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.”
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself: the days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob. The grudge that begins with the stew and the birthright is now murder in the heart. 1 John 3:15 states that anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer at heart. The blessing episode has transformed sibling rivalry into a death threat. The application: the accumulation of grievances — birthright, blessing — produces in Esau what it produces in any human heart: the murderous conclusion that elimination would resolve the resentment.
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