The Book of Genesis Part 2 Chapters 26 and 27. ESV Version.

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Today April 12, 2022, and Episode #12! I'll continue the lecture with chapters 26 & 27. Genesis 26 focuses on the Lord reassuring Isaac. God states that His relationship with Abraham, and its blessings, are for Isaac, as well. God appears to Isaac not once, but twice in this chapter. In both cases, the Lord restates and emphasizes the covenant promises He had made to Abraham and is now making to Isaac. Genesis 27, Isaac will have handed the family blessing down to his second-born, Jacob. This should seem unusual since Esau is technically the oldest and is entitled to that inheritance. At the start of the chapter, though, Isaac has no intention of doing so. Instead, Isaac sets out to confer the blessing on Esau, the firstborn of the two twins. Isaac is old and blind. He believes himself to be near the end of his life.