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It was this way in olden times; it is this way now in Europe: that the eldest son of a king inherits his father's throne, or the eldest son of a nobleman his father's title and estates. It is called the right of primogeniture, or the right of the first-born to inherit. In our country we have no such law. Here younger sons are equal under law to the first-born, and sisters and sons share alike in his estate when the father dies. It is not so in all countries; it was not so in Bible lands. Esau, by virtue of being born a few minutes before his brother Jacob (they were twins, you know), was in the line of succession, was entitled to the covenant blessing, and on him rested the obligation of continuing the work begun by Abraham and Isaac. But Esau loved hunting and pleasures of the senses, and did not care for or concern himself about spiritual qualities, the covenant blessing, or the other world. Esau had no Abrahamic stuff in him. He had reverted to the heathen type, to Bedouin blood, and this world