We know from Genesis 27 that, ultimately, as Isaac’s health declined, Rebekah acted assertively to gain the primary inheritance for Jacob. When Isaac asked Esau to prepare a favorite meat dish ...

Jacob tricked Esau into selling his birthright for a bowl of soup and later with Rebekah’s help deceived Isaac, who had gone blind, by wearing an animal skin to simulate Esau’s hairiness ...

Jacob resists, but when Rebekah vows to take the blame for this ploy, he finally consents. And thus does Jacob trick his father. ... Isaac, following Rebekah's suggestion, ...

Chapter 25 and Chapter 26 The middle of Chapter 25 announces: “This is the story of Isaac.” Except it’s not; the “story of Isaac” is actually the stories of Rebekah, Esau, and Jacob—of ...

As with Abraham, the “child problem” continued with Isaac. In this case, it was parental favoritism: Esau by Isaac, Jacob by Rebekah. But divided parental sympathies also mirror divine plans ...

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death (Genesis 24: 61-67).

Rebekah made Jacob a tasty dish for his dying dad, and Jacob (pretending to be Esau) said to Issac: Advertisement “ ‘My father.’ ‘Yes, my son,’ he answered.