Genesis 27:5-29

Rebekah Helped Jacob Get the Blessing

Rebekah overheard Isaac's instructions to Esau. She called for Jacob and told him to kill two choice kids from the flocks. She planned to prepare them in a way which would make them taste like wild game. Then, she intended for Jacob to take the meal to his father and receive the blessing.

Jacob protested, not because he did not want to deceive, but because he feared being caught. He worried his smooth skin would give him away and he would be cursed by his father. Rebekah's response shows she was a conscious deceiver in this affair. "Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me." Jacob's willing participation in the deception is seen in his going to get the kids. He follows that by allowing his mother to put the skins of the kids on his hands and neck. He also wore his brother's clothing which his mother gave him. He finished the deception by lying to his father about his identity and the speed with which he was able to bring the meat.

Isaac was so blind he had to ask who had come. Though the voice was that of Jacob, the smell of the clothes and feel of the kids' skins deceived him. After eating the meat Rebekah had prepared, Isaac gave the blessing to Jacob. (Genesis 27:5-29).