“And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?”
When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban: what is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn't I? Why have you deceived me? The morning revelation — there was Leah — is Jacob's moment of full recognition, and the question he asks Laban is almost word-for-word what Pharaoh asked Abraham in Genesis 12:18 and Abimelech asked Isaac in Genesis 26:10. The deceiver who was asked what have you done is now the deceived who asks what is this you have done to me. The application: the question the covenant person asks when they are deceived is the same question others asked when the covenant person deceived them.
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