Genesis 15-25... 10 chapters of B.S

Now, chill out readers! I know the title is very harsh, but its supposed to be like that! I knew every single thing in the chapter was coming, I must have some kind of sixth sense. I foresaw everything. Now that Mr. Tangen, deserves a 4.

First of all, Abraham's death, that was obvious. The guy dies at 136 years of age and honestly,(and I don't mean to be rude) I'm glad (good job on not being rude). I am very glad because I will probably never have to hear his name again. Personally he was really annoying because his name sprung up in every sentence, but still it is kind of sad. Before he dies he marries Sarah, a good wife, who gives him what he wants: "And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah".(Gen.25 2) He had a six more sons, until he finally died at 137 years old.

Now it gets good. A little sibling rivalry and jealousy is exactly what the story needed, Esau and Jacob hate their gust and from what I read from the book, hate each other. Isaac prefers Esau, and Rebekah prefers Jacob. As Esau was about to be blessed for hunting, Rebekah deceived them both and put Jacob in Esau's place. Of course, this generated a lot of anger on Esau's part as we can see here: "And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob".(Gen.28 41). A frightened Jacob had to leave the country in fear of his own life. A little sibling rivalry is o.k, but come on! Are you gonna kill your brother because your mom prefers him? Good luck those times are over, I would've been toast!

I am pretty much done with these chapters, the last thing I want to dwell with is this. An interesting part of these chapters was Jacob's "wrestling" with god. This was a conflict in Jacob's head where he was angry with god, but now we see the nicer side of god. Remember in the last couple of chapters? Where he was portrayed as kind of vengeful and mean? Now we can see that he forgives Jacob and that he never stops loving him although Jacob is angry at him. In a way I do believe that and I love god and his forgiveness. I really liked these couple of chapters, but as I said before, I SAW IT COMING!