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daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what

good will my life be to me?” (Genesis 27:46).

Isaac heeded Rebekah and told Jacob to go to Rebekah’s family in Padan

Aram to take a wife of the daughters of Laban, Jacob’s uncle. Isaac then

conferred upon Jacob the inherited blessings God had promised Abraham.

Then Jacob obeyed his parents and departed (Genesis 28:1-2).

Rebekah’s faith

When we consider that Rebekah loved and preferred Jacob over Esau, we

must remember that the Bible says that God loved and preferred Jacob as

well. Jacob was given the birthright and the blessing because it was the

will of God for him to have them. The will of God always stands, no matter

what actions people choose to take of their own devising.

Notice Romans 9:10-16 to see the rest of the story from God’s perspective:

“And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man,

even by our father Isaac, … it was said to her, ‘The older shall serve the

younger.’ As it is written, ‘Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.’ What

shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! For

He says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I

will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.’ So then it is

not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.”

Jacob valued the birthright. He repented of his ways of cunning trading

and supplanting his brother. He became an overcomer, a prevailer and a

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