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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
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Don't Justify Wrong Means
Commentators note that Rebekah, knowing God's promise for Jacob, used sinful deception to achieve it. This serves as a powerful warning against the idea that a good end justifies wrong means. Christians are called to trust God's methods and timing, not resort to devious plans to 'help' Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years, he was contemporary with his father. For sixty-one more years, his…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
He does not appear to have raised any objection to what she proposed on moral grounds, but only on the ground of the difficulty of it and the likel…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice Listen to what I am about to say, and do according to that which I comma…
Rebekah knew that the blessing was intended for Jacob, and expected he would have it. But she wronged Isaac by deceiving him; she wronged Jacob by …