After the death of Sarah, Abraham would take
another wife, Keturah, who would bear him six sons. Abraham would be careful to
give all he had to Isaac, the promised son (V 1-6).
Abraham lived up to one hundred and seventy-five
years before he died and was buried next to Sarah by his sons Isaac and Ishmael
(V 7-10).
Isaac was blessed by God as His chosen one
(V 11). Ishmael got twelve sons and died at one hundred and thirty-seven years
old (V 12-18).
Rebekah could not have children until Isaac
interceded on her behalf. She finally bore Isaac two twin sons, Esau and Jacob,
when Isaac was sixty years old, twenty years after their marriage (V 19-26). What
a tremendous miracle of God again! How He answered the prayer of his children!
As time passed by, Esau who was the
first-born of the two twins lost his birthright through a foolish deal with his
tricky younger brother Jacob! (V 27-34).
The lessons for us in this chapter are that
God keeps His promise. He answers prayers of His people. And we must be wise
and discerning in life. We must not despise what God has given us like Esau
sadly did concerning his birthright.
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