Esau’s clothing and stew to Jacob in order to trick her blind and aging husband Isaac. She instructs a skeptical Jacob with the command, “Listen to my voice” (Gen 27:8, 15–17). Notice the similarity of the language to Genesis 3:7. Like the woman who takes and gives the fruit to her husband, Sarai takes the fruitful Hagar and gives her to Abram, who listens to her voice. By contrast Joseph is the first character in Scripture confronted with a person compelled by a skewed desire, desiring him sexually
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