Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. (Genesis 33:4)What drama! Twenty years after cheating Esau out of his birthright, Jacob returns home. How will he be received by the brother who swore to kill him.
In reading this solitary chapter, one might be tempted to say, Happy ending! But this is not the end of the story. Esau settled his extended family in the hill country of Mt. Seir, near the southern tip of the Dead Sea, to the south and east of Israel. Esau got a bowl of soup; Jacob got an inheritance, and their descendants were enemies for a thousand years. Was it worth it?
Have you every congratulated yourself for taking advantage of a sweet deal only to find out later the price was higher than you originally thought?
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