Never heard of him.
Nor I.
Seems to have been a derogatory term used by loyalists to describe those who favored independence.
Nothing new here.
He's the personification of Jacob by Laban and Sons, the ones who didn't want him to have his independence.
Jacob, the devious trickster -- Projection 101. Now if Esau would turn aside from following the opinions of his Uncle Laban, he'd appreciate that
Jacob is clever as in having much ingenuity, Yankee ingenuity that is.
They'll make a great comedy team, those two. Double Trouble.
The upright man:
"The straight man is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce.[1] When a comedy partner behaves eccentrically, the straight man is expected to maintain composure.
Whatever direct contribution to the comedy a straight man provides usually comes in the form of a deadpan. A straight man with no direct comedic role has historically been known as a stooge. Typically he is expected to feed the funny man lines that he can respond to for laughs (and is hence sometimes known as a feed), while seeking no acclamation for himself. If a straight man unintentionally breaks composure and laughs, it is known in British English as corpsing. "
Some people just can't take a joke.
"Deadpan, dry humour, or dry-wit humour[1] is the deliberate display of emotional neutrality or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness or absurdity of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, ironic, laconic, or apparently unintentional."
Exodus 33
20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
plumber(wiktionary):
Borrowed from Old French plummier (French plombier); from Latin plumbārius, from plumbum (“lead or lead shot”).
Or how about
cheeky:
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
"We're busting outta here!" ~ Moses, paraphrased
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Joseph's special coat (like the ones worn by the king's virgin daughters) was a "ketonet passim", lit. a striped tunic but often translated as a coat of (ketonet) many colors (passim, stripes, rails -- pl. of pas).
Many colors:
It's a simple observation that light is here, there, and everywhere.
In Latin, the word for that is "passim".
Anyone ever think to reverse-Babel the languages? I got through with no problem.
(Peanut Gallery: I got a map here someplace that says we haven't even captured that place yet!)
Yeah, so I heard. Everybody seems very friendly.
Come fly with US..