Biblical Reading and Reflections: July 8th (Esther 4 & Philemon)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Rivalry Between Esau and Jacob
Esther, chapter four opens with mordecai's anguished response to the news of haman's decree. He tears his clothes, puts on sackcloth and ashes goes out into the midst of the city and cries with a loud and bitter cry. Rabbi David foreman notes that this reference recalls esau's cry in genesis chapter 27, verse 34. We have already observed allusions to the rivalry between esau and jacob in the character of haman, the agagite. Haman is the descendant of agag the amalekite king saul, israel's first benjaminite king.
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