And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
Genesis 27:14 records the moment when Jacob fetched and brought to his mother what she used to prepare the savory meat his father loved, carrying out Rebekah's plan to secure Isaac's blessing for Jacob. Isaac had asked Esau to prepare that meal before receiving the blessing, but Rebekah, remembering God's promise that the elder would serve the younger and knowing Esau had sold his birthright, arranged for Jacob to prepare the food Isaac expected from Esau and to deceive his blind, aged father. Her counsel in this led to Jacob's separation from her, which she bitterly regretted, though Isaac later became convinced by the conduct of Esau and Jacob that the blessing rightly belonged to Jacob.
The act was deception, fraud and sin, in which Jacob joined his mother to deceive his father in order to obtain the blessing intended for Esau, what was his brother's, including the birthright blessing. The scheme was not prompted by God, is not an example to follow, and scheming to gain advantage over others and such deceptive practices stand condemned. That deception was Jacob's sin and later brought him fear and danger when he faced the prospect of Esau's revenge.
The deception showed lack of faith and failure to trust God to fulfill His purposes in His own time, way and ability, even though Rebekah had been told Jacob was to carry the promise and God had already promised it to him. Had they trusted God, Jacob would have received what was his right without deception, for God could have provided for Jacob by His own methods. God's blessing depended on a person's love and reverence for Him, not simply on being the firstborn, so Jacob could have been blessed even without the privileges usually given to the firstborn.
The scheme brought no good result, but distrust, jealousy, revenge, separation and lasting sorrow. Rebekah's counsel led to Jacob's separation from her, which she bitterly regretted, and Jacob sinned and then fled to escape his brother's anger. His lack of faith in God's ability to fulfill His purpose left him fearful and without the comfort of God's peace when he later faced the prospect and danger of Esau's revenge.
That sin gave Satan ground to accuse Jacob before the angels of God and claim the right to destroy him, and to move Esau to march against him. During the night of wrestling Satan pressed the guilt of that fraud upon Jacob to discourage him and break his hold on God, and the Angel also reminded him of his sin to try his faith.
Jacob knew he had sinned in this fraud, connected with his earlier fraud in obtaining the birthright, but God had not forsaken him. Isaac later became convinced by the conduct of Esau and Jacob that the blessing rightly belonged to Jacob. Jacob sincerely repented of that fraud, and because of that prior repentance God heard his later prayer and mercifully saved his life and preserved him from Esau; without that repentance God would not have heard his prayer. He overcame by learning that God is merciful, casting himself on mercy, pointing back to his repentance, reviewing his life, and pleading for deliverance with earnest agonizing cries until he prevailed, showing that concealed, unconfessed sin overwhelms faith and cuts off confidence to plead for deliverance, while confessed and forgiven sin does not overwhelm him.
Genesis 27:14 records the moment when Jacob fetched and brought to his mother what she used to prepare the savory meat his father loved, carrying out Rebekah's plan to secure Isaac's blessing for Jacob. Isaac had asked Esau to prepare that meal before receiving the blessing, but Rebekah, remembering God's promise that the elder would serve the younger and knowing Esau had sold his birthright, arranged for Jacob to prepare the food Isaac expected from Esau and to deceive his blind, aged father. Her counsel in this led to Jacob's separation from her, which she bitterly regretted, though Isaac later became convinced by the conduct of Esau and Jacob that the blessing rightly belonged to Jacob.
The act was deception, fraud and sin, in which Jacob joined his mother to deceive his father in order to obtain the blessing intended for Esau, what was his brother's, including the birthright blessing. The scheme was not prompted by God, is not an example to follow, and scheming to gain advantage over others and such deceptive practices stand condemned. That deception was Jacob's sin and later brought him fear and danger when he faced the prospect of Esau's revenge.
The deception showed lack of faith and failure to trust God to fulfill His purposes in His own time, way and ability, even though Rebekah had been told Jacob was to carry the promise and God had already promised it to him. Had they trusted God, Jacob would have received what was his right without deception, for God could have provided for Jacob by His own methods. God's blessing depended on a person's love and reverence for Him, not simply on being the firstborn, so Jacob could have been blessed even without the privileges usually given to the firstborn.
The scheme brought no good result, but distrust, jealousy, revenge, separation and lasting sorrow. Rebekah's counsel led to Jacob's separation from her, which she bitterly regretted, and Jacob sinned and then fled to escape his brother's anger. His lack of faith in God's ability to fulfill His purpose left him fearful and without the comfort of God's peace when he later faced the prospect and danger of Esau's revenge.
That sin gave Satan ground to accuse Jacob before the angels of God and claim the right to destroy him, and to move Esau to march against him. During the night of wrestling Satan pressed the guilt of that fraud upon Jacob to discourage him and break his hold on God, and the Angel also reminded him of his sin to try his faith.
Jacob knew he had sinned in this fraud, connected with his earlier fraud in obtaining the birthright, but God had not forsaken him. Isaac later became convinced by the conduct of Esau and Jacob that the blessing rightly belonged to Jacob. Jacob sincerely repented of that fraud, and because of that prior repentance God heard his later prayer and mercifully saved his life and preserved him from Esau; without that repentance God would not have heard his prayer. He overcame by learning that God is merciful, casting himself on mercy, pointing back to his repentance, reviewing his life, and pleading for deliverance with earnest agonizing cries until he prevailed, showing that concealed, unconfessed sin overwhelms faith and cuts off confidence to plead for deliverance, while confessed and forgiven sin does not overwhelm him.