Something that I never noticed before is that even though Jacob stayed by the tent and typically prepared food, he didn’t prepare the choice young goats that he brought to his father Isaac for his blessing; Rebekah prepared it. But when Esau brought back his game for his father, he was the one who prepared it; not Jacob and not Rebekah. It’s not a profound thought, but something that I wondered.
Today’s reading would have been quite a Hollywood movie; grab a seat and enjoy your popcorn! Rebekah comes up with a plan to deceive her husband. Jacob has the choice and chooses to act upon this plan, and poor Esau obeys his fathers instructions only to come up empty handed. But what about Isaac? Was he not the one rejecting Godly thinking and Spiritual wisdom? After all, Isaac insisted on giving the blessing to Esau, even though God did not choose him (“the older will serve the younger” 25:23b). It was Esau who gave up his birth right and it was Esau who married two Hittite women.
The fact that Isaac wanted to provide the blessing in secret showed that he knew what he wanted to do was wrong. Isaac unwittingly blessed Jacob which fulfilled God’s earlier promise.
Lock Your Wings 
The thing that stood out to me from today’s passage was that when Rebekah first hatches this plan, Jacob never protests that they shouldn’t do it or that it is wrong. He just says that he doesn’t look or feel like Esau but this is quickly solved. I never understood why Rebekah was so intent to have Jacob receive the blessing and purposefully deceive her husband to get it.
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Good point. It was as though Jacob had already been wondering how he could get his fathers blessing.
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I found it interesting that Jacob lied to his father using a classic Christian explanation. When his father asked him how he was able to hunt the meat so fast he replied by saying that God provided for him. How often am I mislead by people telling me “Christian” answers that may really be subjective and wrong?
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Great point!
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My heart aches when I read this story, but I’m not sure at what point the ache is the greatest; Rebekah not supporting Isaac, Jacob not questioning the fact that this is a lie, Rebekah being persistent with Jacob, Jacob following through with this plan, Isaac not being thorough enough in knowing who he’s actually giving the blessing to, Rebekah proceeding to cook the food, Jacob lying to his father and giving praise to God, or Esau not accepting responsibility for his previous actions. Either way, there is much to dissect and learn from this passage and ultimately see how God’s prophecy comes to fruition.
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