“Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?”
When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I'll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day? The question — why should I lose both — reveals Rebekah's awareness that if Jacob stays and Esau kills him, the covenant result might be that Esau himself is executed for the murder. Both sons could be lost. The plan is to preserve both. The irony is that Rebekah will never see Jacob again — she dies before his return. The application: the plan to preserve both sons by sending Jacob away costs Rebekah her son. She sends him to safety and loses him.
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