"Let your
curse be on me, my son," says Rebecca to her son, to alleviate
his fear to deceive his dying, blind father. Little does she
care for her husband, or for Esav, her other son—only for
Jacob.
And although
she reaches out to him, in her own manner, with the gesture of
blessing, it is only herself that she embraces.
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She acquired ornamental purses of different shapes and sizes, as well
as an assortment of extravagant fur hats, imported from her faraway
birthplace, and numerous pairs of leather sandals with high heels,
which were ill suited to the desert sand—all of which caused a stir
among the local people.
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