Jacob was not content with that. He demanded further that Esau swear an oath, dragging the name of the Lord into this shoddy enterprise. What was Jacob doing? He was taking Satan’s shortcut. He was not willing to wait for God to fulfill the promise that “the older shall serve the younger” in God’s time. Instead, Jacob wanted to snatch it for himself now by his cleverness. Equally, of course, Esau should not have agreed to any such deal. He should have preferred to eat a crust of dry bread than willingly