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Oil on canvas
The Bible recounts how Jacob, pretending to be his brother Esau, tricked their
blind father into bestowing Esau's rightful blessing on him. The idea of
imitating Esau's hirsute arms by wearing animal-skin gloves came from their
mother, Rebecca, who looks on from behind the bed.
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