Genesis 27:19-20, &c. Jacob said, I am Esau, &c.— In this discourse of Jacob's with his father, there are many palpable falsehoods, which can neither be imitated without sin, nor justified without partiality. All attempts to do it are vain: though the intention and the circumstances may extenuate the crime, nothing can vindicate Jacob: and of this opinion are all the most eminent Critics and Divines. It is an eternal rule of right, that "we are not to do evil, that good may come."
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Genesis 27:19-20
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.c