Esau, twin of Jacob:
The Bible identifies Esau as the fraternal twin brother of Jacob, the grandson of Abraham. Jacob became the father of the Israelites after God (Genesis 35:10) renamed Jacob “Israel.” Thus Esau shared his mother’s womb together with the founder of the nation of Israel. See Genesis 25. Although Esau was Isaac’s first-born entitled to inherit Isaac’s wealth and blessing, Esau sold his birthright to his younger brother Jacob (Israel) for a pot of stew. The descendants of Esau and Israel led divergent paths with Edom settling east of modern day Israel forming tribal chiefs while Jacob traveled all of Israel, his inheritance.
There is more to the story to Jacob and Esau than most understand. What is even more amazing, is the story is about “humanity”… all of us, you and me. What the writers of LOST are touching on, is a story that is unfolding in all of us. We are the ones that are LOST, humanity has forgotten who they are, but the TRUTH will set you free. THE CALLING A VOICE IN THE DEAD WOODS by Jacob Israel, is more than just a fiction, there is something, otherwordly about it. Strange the timing of this all.
I like Lost. It’s a cool program.
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Yes. Yes it is.
The bible also described Esau as hairy and Jacob as smooth skinned
yes. i don’t know very much about the bible…but my question is: why esau was the ‘bad twin’?….’cause even in genesis, we can see that he forgiven jacob, after all…
I don’t think it’s so much that he’s the “bad” twin, but that he is simply not the one who receives Isaac’s blessing (through cunning and plotting of their mom, Rebekah). And he loses his birthright for a pot of stew. So, not really bad but… unfortunate? slow? outwitted?
where does Locke fit into this all? is it something as simple as Esau using Locke’s uhmm…spirit? or does Locke hold some sort of signifigant role yet to play? is the smoke monster in on it with Esau? is the island involved somehow? does the island want a change? is esau the monster? jacob may be the yin to esau’s yang? just like the symbol of the dharma initiative? all valid questions. does anyone have any ideas they’d like to share?
esau is the smoke monster it’s as simple as that, the smoke monster took the form of Lock as a dead man and that is that.
read the bible
Jacob had a son named Benjamin, among 11 others. The name Jacob can be traslated as “heel”. Also it has been explorerd that Jacob’s people split into the Iserealites, while Esau became the Edomites (or Romans, or Chistians). Great show.
esau was supposed to recieve his inheritance just like the children of God will recieve their inheritance: the Kingdom: but esau sold out for a little bit of pleasure, meaning once you truly know salvation, don’t throw it away just to enjoy something one more time even something you feel is nothing big.when you have true salvation, 1john will tell you that we do not sin knowingly because there is no sin in God . esau did not care about the inheritance or it would have been worth more than a bowl of stew, so lets hope salvation is worth more than something simple to you. I hope you get the picture here. God bless you and keep the faith
also jacobs blessing pertains to Jesus. read it closely. Jesus was an only child by Mary but Mary had other sons by Joseph .thus His mothers sons will bow down to Him