Rebekah, the wife of Isaac, is portrayed as powerful. In the Bible she is deceiving her husband to get Jacob the blessing instead of Esau. She overheard Isaac, promise to bless Esau, so then Rebekah told Jacob, "Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you" (Genesis 27:8). Rebekah told Jacob to impersonate his brother to their blind father, "So that he may give you his blessing before he dies" (Genesis 27:10). This is the first time we see Rebekah taking control of what will happen. Usually it is the men that control the future of the children, with their blessing. However in this instance Rebekah is the one in control, she was thinking about her favorite son, and the great future he would have. Rebekah remembered God's vow, spoken
