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In Genesis, the story goes that Jacob dressed up in goatskin and in one of Esau (his elder brother)'s shirts in order to fool his father, Isaac, into giving him Esau's rightful blessing, which Esau sold to Jacob for a bowl of soup. Isaac felt the goatskin and smelled the shirt and thinking that Jacob was really his elder son Esau, gave him the blessing. The blessing basically consisted of protection and prosperity, but the important thing is that Isaac said that he would have dominion over his brother. when Esau found out, he was furious because Jacob had officially been given authority over him.

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