“And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:”
She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins. The goatskin on Jacob's hands and neck is the tactile element of the deception, designed to pass the touch test of the blind Isaac. The preparation is complete: every sensory channel that Isaac still has access to has been addressed. The application: the deception designed for a blind person exploits the very vulnerability that the deceived person cannot defend against. This is the most troubling dimension of the fraud.
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