Verses 5-17
It seems consistent with the character of Rebekah as presented elsewhere in Genesis to interpret her actions here as predictable, if not commendable. A sincere desire to make sure that Isaac’s blessing went to the divinely chosen, more responsible of her sons apparently motivated her. While her motive seems to have been good, her method evidenced lack of faith in God. [Note: See Sharp, pp. 164-68.] She tried to "pull the wool" over Isaac’s eyes.
"Jacob is clearly less concerned with the rightness, the morality, of his mother’s suggestion than he is with what happens to him if his disguise is discovered and his impersonation revealed." [Note: Hamilton, The Book . . . Chapters 18-50, p. 216.]
People used the black, silk-like hair of the camel-goat of the East (Genesis 27:16) as a substitute for human hair as late as the Roman period. [Note: Keil and Delitzsch, 1:275, n. 1.]
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