" Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob."(Genesis 25:28)
Much like this patriarchal clan I also have two sons. While they are not twins, they are close enough in age, that they've never known life without the other.
Like most close siblings they had their moments. But the one thing I can say is that neither their mother or I had a favorite son. We admired and rooted for them equally. Like any children they might claim they felt the other was favored, but they weren't.
In the case of Esau and Jacob this was not the case and their relationship went well beyond sibling rivalry. Jacob while smarter than Esau, knew that Esau could destroy him easily.
Since all of us are children of God we need to get beyond any sibling rivalry. We need to see that in the eyes of God we are all created equal and loved the same. We should do all we can do to make God proud of us, but we should also avoid believing that we are more favored in God's eyes than any one else.
Blessings,
Ed
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