Jacob and Esau: Who Gets the Blessing? (Genesis 25-28)

Season 1 • Episode 06  — October 31, 2026

Season 1, Episode 6: Jacob and Esau: Who Gets the Blessing? (Genesis 25-28)

In this episode, we cover Genesis 25-28, telling the origin stories of Jacob and Esau and the brotherly conflict between them, which starts right from the womb.

Show Notes

  • Abe gets a second wind and a second wife
  • Is "Ketura" really Hagar, Ishmael's mom?
  • Abe Makes his final arrangements
  • Abe goes to his ancestors in peace at 175 years of age
  • Were Abraham and Sarah separated after Abe's "test of faith"?
  • Ishmael fathers "12 tribes," too?
  • Numeric symbology in the Bible
  • Rebekah has a rough pregnancy
  • Esau is born, with Jacob literally at his heel
  • Jacob deceives Esau and Esau makes a poor decision
  • A famine, and "Sister Act 3: The Deceivening"
  • Old Bimmy or new Bimmy?
  • Our children learn darkness from us
  • Was the God of the Old Testament as wrathful as they say?
  • Isaac's miraculous crop yield
  • Isaac and Abimelech reconcile
  • Esau marries TWO pagans.  Not a good look
  • Isaac prepares for the end, but which son does he bless?
  • Good guys and bad guys aren't always black-and-white
  • Maybe Isaac wasn't so blind after all
  • Jacob has a transformative experience with the LORD