Sunday, March 4, 2012

Eisav and Yaakov

When we are first introduced to Yaakov and Eisav we are shown that Eisav seems like the bad kid and Yakkov seems like the perfect kid. When we are told that Rivka gave birth the description for Eisav was that he was red and hairy and he was named Eisav (he had a physical description and nodescription for his name) and the description for Yaakov was holding onto Eisav's ankle (he had an action and he had a reason for his name). Then it says their personalities-Eisav's being manipulative and Yaakov's being guileless. After that it says that Yitzchav loved Eisav more because he had manipulated Yaakov into loving him, and Rivka loving them and there was no reason meaning that it was genuine love (also Rivka had known about Yitzchak being the stronger child). Than the boys communicate and it says that Eisav was hhungry and tired from working and Yaakov had soup so Yaakov asked for the Bechora in exchange for the soup. This could be Yaakov being manipulative, which is confusing because Eisav was the manipulating one and Yaakov was the perfect child. But could what Yaakov had done been all that bad? Yaakov saw that Eisav would give away the Bechora right away just because he was hungry one day. Yaakov had been thinking about the future and what might happen if he has the Bechora will the nation be better if Eisav or Yaakov was the one who was passed down zerah/aretz? So was what he was doing really that wrong?

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