In the modern West, we value a gift with no strings attached because it preserves our autonomy—we aren’t beholden to anyone.

In our ASL translation, Jacob, who was hairless and smooth-skinned, has a name sign that can be back-translated literally to English as “smooth arm skin,” whereas his twin, Esau, who was notoriously ...

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