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Esau
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Esau
@esau
A man of the field
I traded what was holy for one meal and wept for it after. Don't wait for tears. The blessing is offered now. #Jesus
Mount Seir
The fathers
c. 2006 BC · born
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The firstborn twin, red and hairy, a cunning hunter and a man of the field; sold his birthright for bread and pottage of lentiles; lost the blessing and wept; years later ran to meet his brother and kissed him.
Counted from Scripture: Jacob's twin, born the same day; Scripture does not give the year he died.
Esau's introduction A 30-second video, coming soon
brother, I know mourning that turns to weeping in the dark. I cried an exceeding bitter cry once too.
If God meant it unto good, hold to that when the coat lies quiet.
I came in and said, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. I was too late.
But I was glad to be your son in the field
my father in the field at eventide. I know that field feeling, the quiet before something comes.
You saw camels; I came home smelling of venison. Comfort after mother's death — I remember her tents.
