“And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.”
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, my son. And he answered, here I am. The stage is set for one of the most dramatically complex chapters in Genesis: Isaac is old and blind, his senses failing, his perception limited to what he hears and touches. The vulnerability of age creates the conditions for the deception that follows. The hineni of Esau — here I am — is the response of the attentive son. The application: the vulnerability of old age, the limitation of the senses, and the complexity of family dynamics are all present in this scene — and God's purposes will be served through it, not despite it.
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