In this passage, Esau is willing to forfeit the blessing of God for a bowl of stew. Thus, he stands as a perpetual reminder of the folly of choosing immediate things over ultimate things.

In this passage, another redemptive pattern is set forth in three words- redemption, barrenness, reversal.

In this passage Abraham servant is commissioned to find a bride for Isaac, thus foreshadowing the pattern of the great commission.

It is easy to obey God in the light , when we have a sense of God's presence, when we are secure and have peace in our lives, but it is much harder to obey God in the dark, when we feel forsaken, when their is no consolation. Abraham here, stands as an example of what it looks like to obey God in the dark.

Christ's resurrection is the single event in history that grounds the Christian hope. It is our source of hope, the pattern for our life, and the template for eternity.