“Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.”
So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me. The theological conclusion is direct: God has redistributed from the exploiter to the exploited. This is not Jacob's self-interested interpretation alone — it is confirmed by the dream of verses 10-12. The application: the redistribution of resources from the exploiter to the exploited is one of the forms divine justice takes in the biblical narrative.
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