Jacob, the one who deceives, deceives again . . .
Man, people in the old testament were really bad, weren't they? I'm surprised so many people name their kid "Jacob." ANYWAY . . . Isaac is old and blind, and asks Esau to hunt some meat & cook it so Isaac can bless him. Rebekah overhears this, and colludes with Jacob to trick his father into blessing him instead. Rebekah kills some goats, cooks a meal, and Jacob tricks his father into blessing him (all the way down to lying about who he was, tricking his father by putting on some fake goat hairs so he could be hairy like Esau). Isaac was tricked.
When Esau came back & found out, both he and Isaac were FURIOUS! Too late . . Jacob got the good blessing, and even though Esau pleaded with his father to "bless me too!!!," Isaac didn't have much left to give.
Esau held a grudge and planned to kill Jacob after Isaac died. Rebekah warned Jacob to leave. Jacob left, but not without first promising to his parents he would not marry a Canaanite woman. Esau did the opposite to spite his father. Marry multiple women, including a Canaanite woman.
I remember someone said before that despite the fact that Jacob lies and lies and lies to get what he wants, he knows what is important--at least he doesn't give away the blessings of the first born for a hot meal!!
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