Can God use a broken family? In Genesis 27, a blind old father, a scheming mother, and a deceiving son all sin their way through one chaotic day. Dr. Toby Holt shows how God works His good plan even through a deeply broken family.

Isaac plans to bless Esau, ignoring God's choice of Jacob. Rebekah schemes, and Jacob lies to his father's face to steal the blessing. Every major figure does wrong — yet the blessing still lands on Jacob, the son God had chosen. Nothing can make God swerve from His plan.

Questions this study answers:

1. Why did Isaac favor Esau? Partly from natural affection and his taste for the game Esau hunted. He let his preference override God's revealed choice.

2. Was Jacob and Rebekah's trick a sin? Yes. Deception and dishonoring his father were real sins. God's plan prevailed despite their wrongdoing, not because of it.

3. What can we learn from this broken family? That God works through flawed, sinful people. His purposes do not depend on our goodness. "Therefore may God give you of the dew of heaven, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine." — Genesis 27:28 (NKJV)

Dr. Toby Holt is President of New Geneva Theological Seminary, and his sermons have been downloaded more than 1.9 million times on SermonAudio. Find more verse-by-verse Bible teaching at newgeneva.org; support this ministry at newgeneva.org/give.