And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Rebekah spake unto Jacob - she prized the blessing as invaluable-she knew that God intended it for the younger son; and in her anxiety to secure its being conferred on the right object-on one who cared for religion-she acted in the sincerity of faith, but in crooked policy-with unenlightened zeal, on the false principle that the end would sanctify the means.