She wept for the treachery she was about to commit against her husband. She reasoned aloud, the blessing is about to go to impetuous Esau, and I know he will squander the blessing. Besides, the Lord said the older shall serve the younger, and maybe this is God’s way…”
Tag: deception
Deception or Discernment?
“Discernment is not simply a matter of telling the difference between what is right and wrong; rather it is the difference between right and almost right.”
The Good, Bad, and Ugly
In the morning, Jacob realized he had been deceived and betrayed. He was enraged! Rachel was devastated! Jacob, the deceiver, was himself deceived and betrayed. Laban got what he wanted, but he had to use deception, betrayal, and trickery to do so.