Study 29 of
"Search The Scriptures” Is:
Genesis 36
In chapter 10, before the writer concentrates on the line of
Abraham, the names of other nations are recorded. In a similar way in this
chapter, before concentration on the family of Jacob a list of Esau’s
descendants is given.
1. Jacob and Esau were both sinners. What,
however, was the vital and decisive difference between them? Do we ever read
anything similar to 35:1-7 recorded of Esau? Cf. Heb. 12:16,17.
2. It was foretold before their birth that
each of Rebekah’s twin sons would beget a nation (25:23). Was it the case with the nations, as it was
with their progenitors, that the one was chosen of God and the other rejected,
and, if so, why? Cf. Ob. 1-4, 8-10, 17, 18. Mal. 1:2-5.
