What Good Is a Birthright?

“ ‘Look, I am about to die,’ Esau said. ‘What good is the birthright to me?’ “ – Genesis 25:32 Today, I want to highlight a story to encourage you not to throw away your tomorrow. The story of Abraham, his son Isaac and wife Rebekah, is well-known to many. Isaac was 60 years old when Rebekah gave birth to Esau and his twin brother Jacob. In Genesis 25: “The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.” There was family rivalry and favoritism here! Genesis 25 continues: “Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, ‘Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!…’ Jacob