But he said: your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing. The naming of the act — deceitfully — is Isaac's clear moral judgment. He knows what happened. He does not say Jacob came cleverly or providentially. He says deceitfully. The application: the declaration that the blessing was taken deceitfully does not revoke the blessing but it does not rehabilitate the means. Isaac names the sin for what it was.

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