Wow, Angel, girl, you're causing me to think.  I'll have to ponder on that.

April

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Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: Unfair treatment in life


> It wasn't trickery, as the elder daughter was to be married prior to the
> younger and there was obviously no one either around or willing to marry
> poor Leah with the weak eyes.
>  Also Jacob didn't really deceive his father as God meant him to have the
> birthrite.  Esau was a temporal man who failed to understand the entire
> significance of the birthrite.  He believed it was worth nothing, whereas
> Jacob understood more fully even though not completely it's significance 
> for
> us today.  This is why God smiled on him because he worked completely 
> within
> the will of God.  We don't know the mental state of Isaac and whether he
> would have understood why Jacob did what he did to obtain the birthrite. 
> If
> you assume Jacob actually deceived, you must assume God condones deceit 
> and
> he clearly does not.----- Original Message -----
> From: Sharon Hooley <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Unfair treatment in life
>
>
>> Brad,
>>
>> did you also notice that this trickery happened after Jacob himself
>> committed trickery to his father?
>>
>> Sharon
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