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Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
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Fear of Discovery, Not Deceit
Commentators note that Jacob's objection is not about the morality of lying but about the practical risk of being discovered. His concern that his smooth skin will give him away reveals a fear of consequences (his father's curse) rather than a conviction against the sin of deception itself, showing a weak moral sense at this point.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The life of Isaac falls into three periods. During the first seventy-five years, he was contemporary with his father. For sixty-one more years, his…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
He does not appear to have raised any objection to what she proposed on moral grounds, but only on the ground of the difficulty of it and the likel…
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16th Century
Protestant
And Jacob said to Rebekah. That Jacob does not voluntarily present himself to his father, but rather fears that, his deception being disco…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother Being timorous lest he should do an ill thing, and be accounted a deceiver, and…
Rebekah knew that the blessing was intended for Jacob, and expected he would have it. But she wronged Isaac by deceiving him; she wronged Jacob by …
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