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Aware that this blessing took place because Isaac’s end was near, Esau then plots to kill Jacob after Isaac’s death. Rebekah, aware of this murderous plan, sends Jacob off to her brother ...

With his mother Rebecca’s help, Jacob tricks an aging Isaac into bestowing the blessing intended for Esau on him. As with the birthright, Jacob likely had qualms about deceiving his father and ...

That also explains why Esau was excluded, despite being Isaac’s son. The Torah reports that Jacob sat in tents ... and will be the source of blessing for all nations (Gen 26:4).

Jacob—with the help of his mother, Rebekah—deceives his father, Isaac, into thinking that he is his older twin brother, Esau, and as a result, receives the coveted blessing of the first-born.

Isaac favored Esau because he had a taste for game ... the wool over his father’s eyes to take his brother’s blessing. Jacob’s “tricking” his brother is not a simple matter to understand.

After being deprived of the birthright blessing, Esau announced his intention to kill Jacob once Isaac passed away. Jacob was stuck. None of this was his idea. It was Jacob’s mother, Rebecca ...

I imagine Isaac saying this: “Of course I know that it will be Jacob and not Esau who will continue the covenant. But I have two quite different blessings in mind, one for each of our sons.

He swindled Esau’s birthright and deceived his father to receive the blessing reserved for the elder brother. By no means does he seem like an ideal candidate for a patriarch. Isaac sent Jacob ...