Jacob was unable to clearly draw healthy boundary
in his relationship with his mother Rebekah.
It was his mother Rebekah who made Jacob a deceiver on his father Isaac
(Genesis 27:12-13).
In other words, the mother made her son a deceiver to his father.
A son who listens carefully to his mother's words and does as she tells him to deceive his father,
in a relationship with his mother who is willing to go to the extent of being cursed for him.
Jacob wasn't able to clearly draw healthy boundary with his mother Rebekah.
A child who listens carefully to his mother and does as he is told.
As Father Isaac,
who was old and didn't know when he would die,
had become blind and could not see well,
he intended to bless his beloved eldest son Esau last.
However, he was deceived by his second son Jacob.
The mastermind behind this scheme
was none other than Jacob's mother, Rebekah,
who loved him dearly.
Rebekah overheard what her husband Isaac said to Esau,
and while Esau was out hunting,
she called Jacob and instructed him to listen carefully to her
and do as she said
(Genesis 25:28; 27:1-8).
It was the mother
who orchestrated the situation to ensure that the second son,
who listened well to her words and obeyed her commands,
ultimately received the father's blessing,
which was originally meant for the eldest son.
Perhaps mother Rebekah's love for Jacob ...
Rebekah, overhearing her husband Isaac speaking to his eldest son Esau (Genesis 27:5),
ultimately became the mastermind behind orchestrating the situation
to ensure that her beloved younger son Jacob received the blessing instead (27:5-30).
Upon hearing Esau's muttered words about intending to kill Jacob after their father's death (27:41), Rebekah said to Jacob, her beloved younger son (27:42):
"Your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you.
Listen to me, my son, and do as I say. Flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
Stay with him for a while until your brother's fury subsides.
When he forgets what you have done to him, I will send word for you to come back from there.
Why should I lose both of you in one day?" (27:42-45).
As a wife and mother in the household,
Rebekah not only overheard the words Isaac spoke to his beloved eldest son Esau
but also listened to Esau's muttered words, and she showed love to Jacob.
How do you think about such maternal love?
Perhaps Rebekah's love for Jacob stemmed from remembering the words that God
spoke to her when she was pregnant with the twins Esau and Jacob:
"Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger" (25:23).
Therefore, despite being deceived by Jacob,
his father Isaac ultimately blessed him with these words:
“Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
May God give you of heaven's dew and of earth's richness—an abundance of grain and new wine.
May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.
May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed" (27:27-29).