“And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.”
Then Isaac said to Jacob: come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not. The touch test is the one the goatskin was designed to deceive. Isaac's suspicious question — are you really Esau — is the last moment before the point of no return. The application: the moment of maximum suspicion is the moment when honesty is most possible and most valuable. Isaac asks the right question; Jacob will answer it with the prepared lie.
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