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?
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The story begins abruptly. Jacob is making a lentil stew, when in bursts Esau, famished from hunting (apparently unsuccessfully). Esau…