Between the Gulf of Akaba and the Dead Sea lies a range of precipitous red sandstone heights, known as Mount Seir. Here Esau settled after he had despised his birthright, and his descendants, having driven out the Horites (Genesis 15:6), occupied the whole of the mountain (Deuteronomy 2:12). The capital city, Selah, or Petra, " Rock," was a city unique in its kind amid the works of man. Perched like an eagle’s nest (Obadiah 4) amid inaccessible mountain fortresses, the dwellings were mostly caves, hewn out of the soft rock (Obadiah 3 and 6), and placed where you could scarcely imagine a human foot could climb.
The story of Esau and Jacob is that of twin brothers, sons of Isaac and Rebekah. They were not identical twins; actually, they were opposites (see Genesis 25:24-34). Esau despised his birthright. The man who had the birthright was in contact with God; he was the priest of his family, he was the man who had a covenant from God, the man who had a relationship with God. In effect, Esau said, "I would rather have a bowl of soup than have a relationship with God. "Having seen Esau in the first book of the Old Testament, look now at the last book of the Old Testament and read this strange language: I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, In what way hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD; yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau. [Malachi 1:2,3a]. This is a strange thing for God to say – "I loved Jacob and I hated Esau." The explanation is in the little book of Obadiah. It was pride. "Pride hath deceived you," God says to Edom.
From KGD-43i – Books of Prophecy (OT) (990414WE)
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