And he went, and fetched, and brought [them] to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
Ver. 14. And he went, and fetched.] Herein he was over obsequious to his mother. It was an act of faith in her to seek to transfer the patriarchal blessing upon Jacob: it was likewise an act of faith in him to seek to get that blessing. Sed fides utriusque impegit in via; But they took not a right course for the compassing of it.