Read Gen. 26: 34-35
These last 2 verses seem so out of place, but nothing with God is “out of place”. Remember Isaac and Rebekah had two sons, Esau and Jacob. Esau is now 40 years and he takes 2 wives. Isaac was 40 years when he married Rebekah. We see “40 years” though out the Bible and after studying it I found that the people went through 40 years of testing and at the end of the 40 years they are either pass and are promoted, or fail and are demoted. Moses was 40 when he came back to Israel and when he saw an Egyptian abusing a Hebrew slave, he killed the Egyptian. He failed and had to go into the wilderness for forty years. Forty years later he had his burning bush experience and Moses returned to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt. He passed. Then for forty years the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness rebelling from God. They failed. Joshua was 40 years old when he spied out the Promise Land and brought back a good report. He Passed. The list goes on and on. So back to Esau, at 40 he takes 2 wives and both of them bring grief to Isaac and Rebekah. No wonder, they were both Hittites which means “fear”. He failed.
Lord, teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom and pass.
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