Jacob tricked his brother Esau - Genesis week 3
1 Jacob tricked his brother Esau,
strange how God deals with this act;
Jacob seems to go unpunished,
discord sown by this one fact.
2 Tasty stew had bought a birthright,
hunger had the upper hand,
brothers once, two nations forming,
bitterness within the land.
3 Rancour sometimes deeply rooted
acts like cancer in our lives,
rifted, riven, torn and twisted,
love is lost or scarce survives.
4 Youthful envy, words unspoken,
rend a nation at its heart,
generations pass unnoticed,
wonder what had made this start.
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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Metre: 8 7 8 7
Tune: ST CATHERINE (Jones)
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