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Genesis 28 is a wake up call for fathers to talk to their sons!
Isaac had two sons, Esau the eldest and Jacob the youngest.
Esau married a couple of Hittite women who were a source of grief to both his father and his mother. (Gen 26:35).
However, Gen. 28:8 "Esau then realised how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father and mother" strongly suggests that his parents had not shared their value system with him, either before, or after, his marriage.
The consequence? Esau now goes and marries two more women to try and get in his parents ‘good books’.
Prov 22:6 says, Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it. (NLT).
Quite a responsibility, but if not faced up to when your children are young, it becomes a ‘herculean’ task when they are older.
Paul writes to Timothy, (2 Tim 3:15) from infancy you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Earlier, Ch.1 v5 Paul writes, I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grand-mother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.
Research has shown churches without Sunday Schools may produce stronger teenage Christians. A possible reason is that where there is no Sunday School the parents teach their own children, instead of expecting others to do it for them.