It wasn't trickery, as the elder daughter was to be married prior to the
younger and there was obviously no one either around or willing to marry
poor Leah with the weak eyes.
  Also Jacob didn't really deceive his father as God meant him to have the
birthrite.  Esau was a temporal man who failed to understand the entire
significance of the birthrite.  He believed it was worth nothing, whereas
Jacob understood more fully even though not completely it's significance for
us today.  This is why God smiled on him because he worked completely within
the will of God.  We don't know the mental state of Isaac and whether he
would have understood why Jacob did what he did to obtain the birthrite.  If
you assume Jacob actually deceived, you must assume God condones deceit and
he clearly does not.----- Original Message -----
From: Sharon Hooley <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: Unfair treatment in life


> Brad,
>
> did you also notice that this trickery happened after Jacob himself
> committed trickery to his father?
>
> Sharon