（创25）头生子身份的寓意 The Symbolic Meaning of the Firstborns (Genesis 25)

(ChatGPT translation from Chinese, edited by Mijiale, 中文在后面）

Genesis 25:34:
“So Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. Esau ate and drank, then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.”

The Bible records that Esau despised his status as the firstborn, to the extent that he sold it to his younger brother for a bowl of lentil stew. For Christians, what does the status of the firstborn symbolize?

Regarding the firstborn, the Bible provides two commandments:

The commandment of inheriting a double portion (Deuteronomy 21:17).
The commandment of redeeming the firstborn: The firstborn must first be redeemed by giving silver to the priest before being released to fully engage in secular matters (Numbers 18:16).
See:
English Explanation of Mishnah Bekhorot 8:1:2.

Thank G-d, my understanding of the meaning of the firstborn’s status has grown in recent years. I now think that the double portion inheritance of the firstborn can symbolize a status that has a share in both this world and the world to come. The requirement for the firstborns to be redeemed points to their special relationship with the Creator: before the Israelites’ sin of worshiping the golden calf, the firstborns originally served as priests within the families to serve the Creator. See:
Rashi on Genesis 25:31,
Hebrew4Christians – Pidyon Haben.

Having a share in both this world and the world to come, and serving as priests to lead others to know the Creator, foreshadows the identity of Christians.
(See Mark 10:29–30, Luke 18:29–30, 1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 1:6, 20:6).

（创25）头生子身份的寓意

创世记25:34 “于是雅各将饼和红豆汤给了以扫，以扫吃了喝了，便起来走了。这就是以扫轻看了他长子的名分。”

圣经上记载以扫轻看头生子的身份，以至于为了一碗红豆汤把头生子的身份卖给了自己的弟弟。头生子的身份，对基督徒来说有什么寓意吗？

关于头生子，圣经上有两条诫命：

1。继承双份产业的诫命。（申21:17）

2。赎头生子的诫命：头生子需要先给祭司一些银子才能被赎出来全职做世俗的事。（民18:16）

参见

https://www.sefaria.org/English_Explanation_of_Mishnah_Bekhorot.8.1.2?lang=bi

感谢主，让我对头生子的寓意的理解在这几年有了一些进步，现在我觉得头生子的双份产业，可以比喻在今世来世都有份的身份。而头生子需要被赎，指向他们与造物主之间存在的特殊关系：在他们参与以色列人犯罪拜金牛犊以前，头生子本来是在家庭里作祭司侍奉造物主的，参见https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Genesis.25.31?lang=bi

https://www.hebrew4christians.com/Life_Cycle/Pidyon_Haben/pidyon_haben.html

今世来世都有份，又作祭司带人认识造物主，这预表基督徒的身份。（可10:29-30，路18:29-30，彼前2:9，启1:6，20:6）