Bledstein's assertion that trickster Isaac knew Jacob's true identity all along and sought to test his "resolve and stamina" before passing on "the mantle to the next-generation trickster" ("Binder, Trickster, Heel and Hariy-Man," p. 288-289) has little support from the text. Rather it reflects yet another attempt typical of Rabbinic exegesis to deny or in some way justify the weakness of the father(s). This reading disempowers true tricksters, attributing the success of their plots to the patronage of the powerful.