Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him: do not marry a Canaanite woman. Esau's observation of Jacob's blessing and departure triggers his response in the next two verses. The awareness of what Jacob has received — explicit covenant blessing, instructions about the right kind of wife — is Esau's catalyst for his own belated attempt at correction. The application: watching someone else receive what you have forfeited is one of the most instructive forms of spiritual education.

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