After important negotiations with business leaders in his high-rise office building, John D. Rockefeller used to say goodbye to his visitors at the elevator. While the visitors filed into the elevator, an innocent looking man would slip in and ride with them to the ground floor. He would follow the group out the door and then cross the street. A few minutes later, the innocent looking man would go back to Rockefeller’s office to deliver a detailed report of what the unsuspecting visitors talked about during the ride in the elevator. (1)

John D. Rockefeller undoubtedly would have liked the Old Testament character, Jacob. There was no doubt about it, Jacob was shrewd. Remember how Jacob hoodwinked his old, nearly blind father, Isaac, into giving him the blessing that was meant for his older…