“And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?”
He went to his father and said, my father. Yes, my son, he answered. Who is it? Isaac asks. The question — who is it — is the moment that the whole deception turns on. If Jacob answers honestly at this point, the plan unravels and the moral damage is avoided. He does not. The application: every deception has a moment when honesty would redirect the story. The question who is it is exactly that moment for Jacob.
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