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    Jacob wearing Esau’s clothes, with goat hair around his neck and arm, and Isaac touching Jacob’s arm.

    TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD | GENESIS 27-28

    Jacob Obtains His Rightful Blessing

    27:6-10, 18, 19, 27-29

    Isaac’s blessing of Jacob was prophetic.

    • A map of the Promised Land, showing Israel’s green, fertile territory compared with Edom’s brown, dry territory.

      27:28​—Jehovah gave Jacob’s descendants a fertile land “flowing with milk and honey.”​—De 26:15

    • 27:29​—The Israelites (Jacob’s descendants) became stronger than the Edomites (Esau’s descendants).​—Ge 25:23; 2Sa 8:14

    • 27:29​—For their hatred against the Israelites, the Edomites were cursed and eventually destroyed as a nation.​—Eze 25:12-14