Isaac loved Esau because he simply did not know who or what Esau was. But there is another possible answer: that Isaac loved Esau precisely because he did know what Esau was.

Introduction. The Torah relates that Jacob and Esau, the twin sons of Isaac and Rebecca (Genesis 25:24), went on separate paths (Genesis 25:27), Esau the hunter and Jacob the man of tents.

The relationship between the brothers Jacob and Esau is shot through with dramatic tension: manipulation and deceit, violence and forced separation, conflict and unexpected rapprochement. So it seems ...

Jacob and his mother, Rebekah, don’t come across well. They conspired to deceive Isaac, the son of Abraham. Jacob lies to his dying father to receive a blessing due to his twin brother, Esau.

Esau is coming with 400 men. Jacob is afraid. ... Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, and then Jacob and Esau. The Bible guides us to love one and fear or despise the other.

Jacob’s “ladder” has long been an artistic inspiration, but it points to something far deeper. Just as Isaac on the sacrificial altar on Mount Moriah prefigures the future Christ, so, too ...