Genesis 28:1-9
Today's Scripture

Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him off to his wife's brother's home, to find a wife from that family. Esau, realizing that the Canaanite women he had married were not pleasing to his parents, marries a third wife--that from the clan of his father's half-brother Ishmael.

We're all familiar with the saying, "Two wrongs don't make a right." Sometimes when we make a mistake, we try to make up for it or cover it up by doing something else that isn't right. I may buy food that isn't really good for me, but eat it anyway, then hide it so I may not get caught by a family member who may chide me. Esau made the mistake of marrying two Canaanite women, and then married another in his father's family to try to please his parents. It didn't work, and I can't imagine what kind of household he had trying to please three women and the subsequent children.

Of course, the story of Jacob becomes a complicated one as well. Stay tuned.......or read or re-read on in Genesis........
- posted by Suzi @ 9:36 AM