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Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
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When Faith Resorts to Deception
Commentators note that Rebekah, knowing God's promise for Jacob, chose deception to fulfill it. Matthew Henry warns against such 'devious methods,' where believers wrongly think the end justifies sinful means. Her actions show the danger of trying to 'help' God's plan through our own flawed efforts instead of trusting His timing and methods.
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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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son Who was in the tent with her, and for whom she had the strongest affection:
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 …
