Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you. The instruction to listen and obey is the mother's authority deployed in the service of deception. The same language of obedience and careful following that characterizes covenant faithfulness is here used to organize a deception. The application: the language of covenant obedience can be deployed in the service of sin. Rebekah asks Jacob to do what I tell you — the problem is what she tells him.

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