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Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) · 35 of 73 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)

27:12-27:31

[27:12] My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. [27:13] And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. [27:14] And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved. [27:15] And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son; [27:16] and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: [27:17] and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. [27:18] And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? [27:19] And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. [27:20] And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed. [27:21] And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. [27:22] And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. [27:23] And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him. [27:24] And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. [27:25] And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. [27:26] And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. [27:27] And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed: [27:28] And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine: [27:29] Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee. [27:30] And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. [27:31] And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.
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The trickster archetype: a boundary-breaking figure — Loki, Unktomee the Spider, the Cherokee Rabbit, Hermes — whose deception, cunning, and rule-violation drive mythic change, often doubling as culture hero; sacred disorder as an engine of the cosmos.

Jacob's deception of Isaac—wearing Esau's garments, feigning his identity, and using cunning to obtain the birthright blessing—is a classic boundary-breaking trickster narrative in which subterfuge and rule-violation drive the story's outcome.

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