_A GAME OF CROSS-PURPOSES_
‘And Rebekah heard … and Rebekah spake.’
Genesis 27:5
Isaac and Rebekah are not blameless in the matter of their
children’s sins. If their home is religious, it is not thoroughly
religious. The father is too easygoing, the mother too crafty. God is
not ‘a Presence felt... [ Continue Reading ]
_A PENITENT’S PRAYER_
‘And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great
and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me
also, O my father.’
Genesis 27:34
No one can read this chapter without feeling some pity for Esau. All
his hopes were disappointed in a m... [ Continue Reading ]