Day 16: Girls Devo

Day 16

WORD: Twins

Female characters:

Rebekah

Judith 

Basemath

Reading:

Genesis 25:19-28

This is the account of Abraham’s son Isaac.

Abraham became the father of Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger. ” When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau. After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents. Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Additional Reading:

Genesis 26:34-35 (NIV 1984)

When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

Observations:

And then there were four.....Rebekah was many things she was a woman, daughter, sister, and a wife; but she was not a mother not yet.  Isaac prayed for his wife to have a child.  God answered this pray by not just giving her one child but two.  This was just the beginning of the story for this family.  I love how God says their are two nations inside her.  I am sure many pregnant women have thought the same think.  The difference here is that in Rebekah case it is true.  Rebekah love Jacob and Isaac loved Esau.  In the additional reading the first in law issues started.  

Ponder this:

Do you have a favored?  Do you treat someone as if they are the favored?  Look around you do you see someone that is unfavored?  What can you do to help them?  How do you feel when you are the favored one?  How do you feel when you are the unfavored one?  

Just for fun:

Buy yourself some flowers.