Lessons from Esau

다음 글은 성경책 창세기 25장 21절~34절에 나오는 내용입니다. 

21. Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

22. The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.

23. The LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."

24. When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.

25. The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.

26. After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

27. The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man, staying among the tents.

28. Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29. Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.

30. He said to Jacob, "Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I'm famished!" (That is why he was also called Edom. )

31. Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright."

32. "Look, I am about to die," Esau said. "What good is the birthright to me?"

33. But Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

34. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.

*장자권 birthright

안타깝께도, 에서는 배고픔을 견디지 못하고, 본인의 장자권을 빵과 팥죽에 팔아넘기고 맙니다. 

하나님께서 주신 값진 것을 가벼히 여긴 에서. 결국 그 끝은 어떻게 되었을까요? 

(NIV 버전 영어성경을 발췌한 것이고, 성경 말씀 읽으면서, 영어 공부 어떠세요? ^^ )