Ibn Ezra: Isaac’s Blessing (Toldot)
Isaac offers apparently prophetic blessing to Jacob, who he thinks is Esau, and then to Esau when the latter cries. How could blessing flow from deceit?
Isaac offers apparently prophetic blessing to Jacob, who he thinks is Esau, and then to Esau when the latter cries. How could blessing flow from deceit?
When I was five, I remember swinging on the swingset in our backyard in rural Arizona, and ruminating on what…