After I little refresher, I see that blessing (barak) and birthright (becorah) are two different things that are probably often given together. Jacob tricks Esau out of his becorah, which as first born would be a larger portion of Isaac’s estate and also maybe leadership of the clan. Although it seems the word becorah is not used at the deathbed scene. They might mean the same thing in some contexts because a first born son that got the first blessing would be assumed to have recieved his full bequest (becorah) at that time. Becorah is more like a will. The father could say “ you suck, I give you nothing” and that is a becorah, but not a blessing (barak). I guess Yahweh gives Abraham his blessing (barak) in Gen 12:2-3 which was the verse in contention with Cruz and Carlson
there is no big blessing chain that commands anyone to the extent that the first blessing on Abraham is.
But doesn’t Yahweh say he blessed Abrahams seed or all of Abraham’s seed are his people or something like that?
PostWallHelena 0 points 3 hours ago
After I little refresher, I see that blessing (barak) and birthright (becorah) are two different things that are probably often given together. Jacob tricks Esau out of his becorah, which as first born would be a larger portion of Isaac’s estate and also maybe leadership of the clan. Although it seems the word becorah is not used at the deathbed scene. They might mean the same thing in some contexts because a first born son that got the first blessing would be assumed to have recieved his full bequest (becorah) at that time. Becorah is more like a will. The father could say “ you suck, I give you nothing” and that is a becorah, but not a blessing (barak). I guess Yahweh gives Abraham his blessing (barak) in Gen 12:2-3 which was the verse in contention with Cruz and Carlson
But doesn’t Yahweh say he blessed Abrahams seed or all of Abraham’s seed are his people or something like that?