FROM THE DESK OF THE PRIEST-IN-CHARGE
Dear Friends in Christ,
This week the lesson tells the story of the beginning of the Hebrew nation through the patriarch Jacob. It is really very sordid.
Jacob with the help of his mother, Rebecca, steals the inheritance of his brother Esau as well as the blessing of Isaac for Esau.
The founding of the Hebrew people gets off to a rocky start.
Jacob flees his home to escape the wrath of his brother. The inclusion of this event in the book of Genesis seems to give credibility to the whole of the account of the Hebrew beginnings. One would think that such a sordid story would be excluded by later editors of the bible
Attend Sunday to get a fuller interpretation of this event.
Peace,
GJK