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Ramban on Genesis 27:15/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״ז:ט״ו
אעֵשָׂו בְּנָהּ הַגָּדוֹל וְיַעֲקֹב בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָן לְהַפְלִיג בְּעִנְיַן הַצַּדֶּקֶת, כִּי הַמִּנְהָג בַּמּוֹלִידִים לְהַכִּיר אֶת הַבְּכוֹר בִּבְרָכָה וּבְכָבוֹד וּבְמַתָּן, וְהִיא מִדַּעְתָּהּ צִדְקַת הַקָּטָן וְרִשְׁעַת הַגָּדוֹל תִּשְׁתַּדֵּל בְּכָל הַטֹּרַח הַזֶּה לְהַעֲבִיר הַבְּרָכָה וְהַכָּבוֹד מִן הַגָּדוֹל אֶל הַקָּטָן. וְכֵן יֹאמַר לְמַטָּה (בראשית כ"ז:מ"ב) "וַיֻּגַּד לְרִבְקָה אֶת דִּבְרֵי עֵשָׂו בְּנָהּ הַגָּדֹל וַתִּשְׁלַח וַתִּקְרָא לְיַעֲקֹב בְּנָהּ הַקָּטָן":
1ESAU HER ELDER SON, JACOB HER YOUNGER SON. The reason why Scripture mentions this is to accentuate the unusual action of the righteous one,210 for parents customarily give recognition to the firstborn in blessing, honor, and gift,211 but she, knowing of the righteousness of the younger and the wickedness of the elder, went to all this trouble to transfer the blessing and the honor from the elder to the younger. Similarly, it says further on, And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son.212