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gether to get it—first, by buying off Esau, by persuading him to relinquish a claim on something he did not value; and, second, by deceiving Isaac, old and blind, and who alone could bestow it. So one day when Esau returned from the chase, faint from fatigue and hunger, the wily young Jacob had a savory stew simmering over a fire. The nostrils of Esau informed his stomach that it was good, and the cry of the appetite was louder and stronger than the voice of the soul.
“And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me... for I am faint... And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?” And so it was done; Esau sold his birthright for Jacob’s pottage. “He did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.” And there are some things done once for all in this world. This was one of them, “For afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was reject-