A very interesting perspective, although I read a little different story. The other brother's story does have and ending, a very beautiful one:
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. (Luke 15:31)
As I read Genesis, I don't see Jacob as having tricked Esau, as the agreement between them was mutual. Esau later began to blame Jacob for his own folly. I see Esau as the Prodigal Son and Jacob as the Good Son. Esau was resentful, but his failure was his own fault. I imagine that the Good Son did not follow the course of Esau, but that of Jacob.
A very interesting perspective, although I read a little different story. The other brother's story does have and ending, a very beautiful one:
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. (Luke 15:31)
As I read Genesis, I don't see Jacob as having tricked Esau, as the agreement between them was mutual. Esau later began to blame Jacob for his own folly. I see Esau as the Prodigal Son and Jacob as the Good Son. Esau was resentful, but his failure was his own fault. I imagine that the Good Son did not follow the course of Esau, but that of Jacob.