Patterns in Genesis

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Patterns in Genesis
Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, 1655-57, by
Carlo Maratti.
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Sibling Rivalry

• Cain Abel
• Ishmael Isaac
• Esau Jacob
• Rachel Leah
• Joseph his brothers

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Wrestling withGod

• Can we connect the struggling siblings with
  Jacobs wrestling with the angel of God at
  Bethel?

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Gustav Dore
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Barren/Childless Wife

• Sarah
• Rebekah
• Rachel
• Tamar

Sarah Hears and Laughs by J. James Tissot
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Trickery/Craft (by women)

• Rebekah tricked
• Leah tricked
• Rachel tricked
• tricked Judah w/ prostitute disguise
• Lots daughters tricked

Isaac by disguising Jacob
Jacob w/ bed-trick
Laban w/ teraphim
Tamar
their drunken father
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Trickery/Craft (by men)

• Abraham tricked _____
• Jacob tricked ______
• and he tricked _______
• Laban tricked ______
• Simeon Levi tricked ______

Pharaoh Abimalech w/ sister story
Father Isaac with Esau disguise
Laban w/ speckled sticks
Jacob w/ wrong daughter
men of Shechems city to avenge Dinahs rape
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Meetings at Wells Springs

• _______ and Abrahams chief servant,
  Eliezer
• Rachel and _____
• Hagar and _____
• Zipporah and _____

Rebekah
Jacob
God
Moses
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Ultimogeniture

• Isaac over _____
• Jacob over ______
• Rachel over _____
• _____ _____ over Jacobs 10 other sons
  (They are favored by father, although Davidic
  dynasty descends from Judah)
• Ephraim over Menashe (Josephs sons blessed by
  Jacob)
• Perez Zerah, sons of _________

Ishmael
Esau
Leah (?)
Joseph Benjamin
Tamar Judah
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Bibliography of Images

• Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, 1655-57, by
  Carlo Maratti. Oil on canvas, 47 x 62 cm. Museum
  of Art, Indianapolis gallery.euroweb.hu/
  html/m/maratti/
• Dantes Vision of Rachel and Leah by Dante
  Gabriel Rossetti, 1855 from Olgas Gallery
  www.abcgallery.com
• Sarah Hears and Laughs and Jacob Deceives Isaac
  by J. James Tissot http//www.cts.edu/ImageLibrar
  y/imagelibrary.cfm
• Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Gustav Dore.
  From www.ne.jp/asahi/art/ dorian/D/Dore/Dore.htm
• Rebecca Isaac sic www.houseofwaterdancer.com
  / images/religious/