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title: "Scofield"
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 The Scofield's Reference Notes
 
Include 65 books
 
Denomination: dispensationalism
 
 GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong Of SolomonIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 JohnJudeRevelation 

**Keturah**
As Sarah stands for "the mother of us all," i.e. of those who, by grace, are one with the true Son of promise, of whom Isaac was the type [John 3:6-8](../../../kjv/john/3/6-8); [Galatians 4:26](../../../kjv/galatians/4/26); [Galatians 4:28](../../../kjv/galatians/4/28); [Galatians 4:29](../../../kjv/galatians/4/29); [Hebrews 2:11-13](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/11-13) and joint heirs of His wealth ; [Hebrews 1:2](../../../kjv/hebrews/1/2); [Romans 8:16](../../../kjv/romans/8/16); [Romans 8:17](../../../kjv/romans/8/17) so Keturah (wedded after the full blessing of Isaac) and her children by Abraham may well stand for the fertility of Israel the natural seed, Jehovah's wife [Hosea 2:1-23](../../../kjv/hosea/2/1-23) after the future national restoration under the Palestinian covenant.
*(See Scofield "*[Hosea 2:1-28](../../../kjv/hosea/2/1-28)*")* .

**Esau**
Esau stands for the mere man of the earth. [Hebrews 12:16](../../../kjv/hebrews/12/16); [Hebrews 12:17](../../../kjv/hebrews/12/17). In many respects a nobler man, naturally, than Jacob, he was destitute of faith, and despised the birthright because it was a spiritual thing, of value only as there was faith to apprehend it.

**birthright**
The "birthright" had three elements:
(1) Until the establishment of the Aaronic priesthood the head of the family exercised priestly rights.
(2) The Abrahamic family held the Edenic promise of the Satan-Bruiser [Genesis 3:15](../../../kjv/genesis/3/15). --Abel, Seth, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Esau.
(3) Esau, as the firstborn, was in the direct line of the Abrahamic promise of the Earth-Blesser [Genesis 12:3](../../../kjv/genesis/12/3).
For all that was revealed, in Esau might have fulfilled those two great Messianic promises. This birthright Esau sold for a momentary fleshly gratification. Jacob's conception of the birthright at that time was, doubtless, carnal and inadequate, but his desire for it evidenced true faith.

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