Decisions Become Destinies (Gen. 25:19-34)

Decisions Become Destinies

Gen. 25:19-34

Bible Talk outline

A. Two people become one: The decision of marriage (vv. 19-20)

B. Two prayers lifted: the decision to ask God

1. Isaac’s pleading prayer (v. 21)

2. Rebekah’s troubled prayer (v. 22)

C. Two nation’s predicted: God’s decision to reveal the future

1. A divinely predicted rivalry (v. 23a)

2. A divinely predicted superiority (v. 23b)

D. Two names chosen: the decision to acknowledge conflict (vv. 24-26)

1. Esau, which sounds like “ha ...