07/22/2015 TWIN FRUIT
GENESIS 25:24-28 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. The first came forth red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they called his name Esau. Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand had taken hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she [Rebekah] bore them.
When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents. Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game; but Rebekah loved Jacob. [Revised Standard translation]
Summary
Abraham’s son Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the sister of Laban, the Aramean. For a number of years after they married, Rebekah was barren (i.e., childless). But, Isaac prayed to THE LORD for his wife and she conceived. Early on in the pregnancy it became quite evident to Rebekah that she carrying more than one child, because there seem to be “a struggle” going on in her womb. When Rebekah asked that THE LORD about the battling fetuses, THE LORD told her that there were two nations in her womb—two people, divided. One would be stronger than the other and the elder would serve the younger.