Genesis 36.   This chapter contains mostly genealogical information about Esau and his descendants.  It explains how his family became prominent in the land of Seir, and eventually possessed all the land.  The Israelites in Moses’ day would call them the Edomites.  Esau’s descendants were chiefs and kings long before Jacob’s descendants were.  They were blessed, but they were not the blessed.  Likewise, you will probably meet many who are richer and more prominent than you may become in this life.  Do not worry.  The future will show who the truly blessed are.

LORD,  we trust you to keep all your promises to us.  The prosperity and fame of those outside your covenant will not deter us from keeping it.