Isaac is the example of God’s sovereign grace in calling him. He was the youngest of Abraham’s children. Ishmael was the elder of the two and Abraham had chosen Ishmael to be the heir, but God said, No, … in Isaac shall thy seed be called (Genesis 21:12). When we come to Jacob we find a most striking illustration of justification by faith through grace. Again, Jacob was the younger of the twins, and legally the birthright should have gone to Esau. But Jacob, by conniving and scheming with his mother,
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