AT HIS MOTHER'S INSTIGATION, JACOB CHEATS Esau OF HIS FATHER'S
BLESSING. Probably compiled from J and E. Since both presuppose it
later, both must have told the story. There are doublets which point
to the use of two sources. We naturally expect the blessing to follow
at the end of Genesis 27:23, bu... [ Continue Reading ]
GENESIS 27:46 TO GENESIS 28:9. JACOB IS SENT FROM HOME TO MARRY INTO
HIS MOTHER'S FAMILY. The reader may readily suppose that Rebekah uses
the unfortunate marriage of Esau as a pretext to hide her real reason
for sending Jacob away, which was to baulk Esau of his revenge. But
this section comes from... [ Continue Reading ]