Genesis 25: 23: "And the LORD said to her: 'Two nations are in your womb, Two people shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger.'" Rebekah and Isaac have children. Rebekah has twins. The older one was a hunter named Esau. The younger brother was named Jacob. The custom of the culture was that the oldest son owned the birthright and the younger would serve the older. In God's Sovereignty, He chose Jacob to be the chosen one to build the nation of Israel. In Malachi 1:2-3, we are told that God loved Jacob and hated Esau (actually it was Esau's idolatrous descendants He hated). The point is that God's Sovereignty controlled the decisions. Culture submitted to Sovereignty, as well as all the parties involved. We can never forget as we read the Bible passages, nothing is happening accidentally. It is according to a master plan. And, the same holds true today. I rest in that.
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