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- 237 But Rebekah loved Jacob, who was a plain man dwelling in tents, who cared for lentiles in the garden, the ailing lambs of the flock; a mother's pet, with domestic tastes; a timid nature, averse to rough sports and dangerous enterprises.
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239 And this partiality in the family was the beginning of the sore troubles and unhappy strife that broke up this home, filled Esau's heart with rage against Jacob, and sent Jacob fleeing for his life from his father's house. A curse rests on partiality in the family. It is the cause of much alienation and domestic
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242 discord and unnatural strife between brothers and sisters; it saddens and poisons many young hearts; it is the secret of much cynicism in men and women. They were sinned against in their youth, in their own homes, and by their own parents, for they were neglected and abused, while a brother was petted and dressed in a coat of many colors, emphasizing partiality. And these men never wholly recover from the pain and hardening effects of such partiality in the family. They mock at paternal devotion and sneer at filial love. Beware of partiality in the home circle, ye parents of our young people, for it saddened Isaac’s old age, and made Jacob a fugitive from his brother’s righteous wrath.
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244 And it happened in this wise: that birthright blessing which belonged to Esau as the first-born he did not care a bit about, but young Jacob cared everything for it, and coveted it, and so did his mother, who aided and abetted him in securing it, for they made a little plan to-
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