“And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.”
His mother said: my son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me. The taking of the curse upon herself is Rebekah's declaration that she is responsible for the plan. Her intercession — let it fall on me — is a form of self-sacrifice in the service of a deception. It is also the statement that will isolate her from Isaac's household: after this chapter, Rebekah disappears from the narrative. The application: the person who says let it fall on me in the service of a deception will eventually bear exactly what they took upon themselves.
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