Relatively Few People Have Ever Heard That Esau Killed
Relatively Few People Have Ever Heard That Esau Killed
Relatively Few People Have Ever Heard That Esau Killed
then despised his birthright. We are going to see today that Esau, like
Nimrod, had a desire to rule the world; what would an extra portion
over his brother matter to Esau in light of world domination?
Again, it is the book of Yasher that has provided “the rest of the
story.”
Nimrod’s dream
After Terah’s son [Abram] was born Nimrod had a dream. Here is the
interpretation.
Yasher 12:50 And the king was grieved at the sight, and he
awoke out of his sleep and his spirit was agitated; and he felt
a great terror.
51 And in the morning the king rose from his couch in fear, and
he ordered all the wise men and magicians to come before
him, when the king related his dream to them.
52 And a wise servant of the king, whose name was Anuki,
answered the king, saying, This is nothing else but the evil of
Abram and his seed which will spring up against my master
and king in the latter days.
Yasher 7:24 And the garments of skin which God made for
Adam and his woman, when they went out of the garden, were
given to Cush.
25 For after the death of Adam and his woman, the garments
were given to Enoch, the son of Jared, and when Enoch was
taken up to God, he gave them to Methuselah, his son.
26 And at the death of Methuselah, Noah took them and
brought them to the ark, and they were with him until he went
out of the ark.
27 And in their going out, Ham stole those garments from
Noah his father, and he took them and hid them from his
brothers.
28 And when Ham begat his first-born Cush, he gave him the
garments in secret, and they were with Cush many days.
29 And Cush also concealed them from his sons and brothers,
and when Cush had begotten Nimrod, he gave him those
garments through his love for him, and Nimrod grew up, and
when he was twenty years old he put on those garments.
30 And Nimrod became strong when he put on the garments,
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Yasher 27:10 And when Esau saw the mighty men of Nimrod
coming at a distance, he fled, and thereby escaped; and Esau
took the valuable garments of Nimrod, which Nimrod’s father
had bequeathed to Nimrod, and with which Nimrod prevailed
over the whole land, and he ran and concealed them in his
house.
Now we know why Esau was so weary when he came from the
field and met Jacob and was so nonchalant about his
birthright.
Yasher 27:11 And Esau took those garments and ran into the
city on account of Nimrod’s men, and he came unto his father’s
house wearied and exhausted from fight, and he was ready to
die through grief when he approached his brother Jacob and
sat before him.
12 And he said unto his brother Jacob, Behold I shall die this
day, and wherefore then do I want the birthright? And Jacob
acted wisely with Esau in this matter, and Esau sold his
birthright to Jacob, for it was so brought about by Yehovah.
13 And Esau’s portion in the cave of the field of Machpelah,
which Abraham had bought from the sons of Heth for the
possession of a burial ground, Esau also sold to Jacob, and
Jacob bought all this from his brother Esau for value given.
Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field,
and he was weary. And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me
with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name
was called Edom. But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of
this day.” And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is
this birthright to me?” Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of
this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate
and drank, arose, and went his way, thus Esau despised his
birthright. (Gen 25:29-34)
I wonder who currently has those garments. It is the very fleshly
descendants of Esau that rule the earth now, and we will fight with
them again. I talk a lot about that in this portion. Please listen to this
audio or download it for your mp3 player and listen to it later.