“By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.”
Hebrews 11:20
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Isaac's blessing in Genesis 27 went to the son he did not intend, yet Scripture remembers it as faith. Through it God kept the promise He had given Rebekah about her two sons.
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When Isaac learned he had blessed Jacob, he weighed the moment against what God had said before the boys were born, and he let the blessing stand (Genesis 27:33). Hebrews records that choice as faith. Knowing God looks like this: letting what He has said stand over what we had planned.
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