Are You Being Too Harsh on Rebecca?

Samuel Johnson: What does Rebecca want to do instead? And am I being too harsh on her by calling her deceptive? He says the prophecy that's given to Rebecca in chapter 25, 23 is programmatic for understanding these stories about Jacob. "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided," it reads. The one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger; this is the Lord to Rebecca.