“And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.”
When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him: your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you. The intelligence reaches Rebekah, as intelligence tends to reach the people who orchestrate household affairs. Her plan — which was meant to secure Jacob's blessing — has now produced a death threat against him. The consequences of the deception are cascading. The application: the deception designed to secure one thing has now made the securing of that thing dangerous. Rebekah's plan has succeeded in getting Jacob the blessing and threatened his life simultaneously.
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