They tried to bury me but didn’t know I am a seed
They tried to bury me but didn’t know that I was a seed. You keep pushing a man so hard, and someday, you’ll push him into fortunes. Cabiojinia Jacob called…
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The Curse of Instability: Reuben as a case study
The position of a firstborn in Israel, just like in some families today, was one of honour that comes with her privilege as well as responsibilities. To give you a picture of how valued that position was, recall the weeping of Esau after that Jacob had cunningly taken his blessings. The famous "he that opens the womb."So, Reuben was the firstborn of Jacob and hadn’t any supplanter lurking to steal his blessings. But there was this character, this unstable nature that would deny him his rightful blessings forever.