There’s something unsettling about Jacob’s story. And if I’m honest, one thing I couldn’t shake while reading it was this: Why is deception everywhere? It shows up again and again, almost like an inescapable thread woven through his life. Jacob deceives his brother (Gen 25:27-34) Jacob deceives his father (Gen 27:18-27) Later, Jacob is deceived by his uncle (Gen 29:21-30) Even within his own family, deception continues... It left me confused. Why would the author of Scripture