Genesis 27
KNOW YOUR CHILDREN
Isaac must have had quite an intimate relationship with his sons, Esau and Jacob. We see this when Jacob went in to deceive Isaac and steal the blessings that were about to be given to Esau.
Their time together is shown in that Esau knew the sort of food his father enjoyed and it seems they had shared it together on a number of occasions previously.
Jacob knew his sons by the feel of their hands. Yes, there would have been an obvious difference because Jacob was a smooth man while Esau was hairy, but even so it seems that Isaac was familiar with the feel of their hands.
He was also familiar with their individual smells. You have to get pretty up-close and personal for that! When Jacob put on Esau’s clothes, he prepared himself to go into Isaac’s tent smelling like Esau.
Jacob also had insight into the personalities of his sons, which is reflected in the blessings he thought he was giving to each of them.
The lesson here is for fathers. Isaac knew his sons well. He knew them intimately by touch, smell, sound, personally and by the taste of their cooking. He would also have known them by sight, but for the fact that he was blind.
We too should make sure we know our children with the same intimacy as Isaac did. You don’t have to go around sniffing them, but just be close enough to them and spend enough time with them get to know them really well.
May the love we show to our families reflect the love that God shows to us.
With love in our Lord,
Robert.
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