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Sometimes it is our vision that blinds us, and the only way to really see is to lose sight. According to all external parameters, Esau, a “made man”, the man of the field, who provides for Isaac, is the easy favorite as Isaac’s successor. But destiny is not determined by external parameters. While we see what is on the surface, Godly vision sees ‘to the heart’ (1 Samuel 16:7). <\/span><\/p>\n

Rebecca is privy to the Divine promise that \u2018inner\u2019 will dominate \u2018outer,\u2019 that the man of the tent will rule over the man of the field. It’s a promise that Isaac either never hears, or is unable to accept. His inner vision has been dulled, perhaps by the trauma of the <\/span>akedah<\/span><\/i>, the \u201cbinding,\u201d as the rabbis suggest, and he fools himself into thinking that reality is determined by what is on the surface. Has he ever really seen his sons? When the disguised Jacob walks in, Isaac asks him: \u201cwho are you?\u201d And when he suspects that perhaps the wrong son has come before him, Isaac ignores what comes from the inside, his son’s voice, and seeks to recognize him by asking to touch him, and to taste the food he has brought. <\/span><\/p>\n

But ultimately the surface is not enough for Isaac. He can’t bring himself to bless his son before he achieves a moment of transcendent, inner vision. Only Isaac’s sense of smell allows him to pierce through the veil, reminding him of what it means to be a man of the field, bringing him back to that field in which he communed with God, the field where he met Rebecca all those years ago. Rebecca, who helped him heal from his traumatic losses, Rebecca, who brought him from the field back inside, into the tent. “Re’eh! Behold!” Isaac exclaims. Now, I see.<\/span><\/p>\n

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