Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

> Isaac is an active participant in the story, a major character, but he
> certainly did not contrive to deceive himself. It was Divinely 
> ordained and
> executed by Jacob and Rebecca.
> Sincerely,
> Jonathan D. Safren
> Dept. of Biblical Studies
> Beit Berl Colege

Intersting about it being divinely ordained.
If divinely ordained, why wasn't Jacob simply born first???
So, what's the story about?
Liz
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