The Book of Genesis 25.19-36.43

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S1E116: Introduction to the Jacob story (Genesis 25.19-35.22)

Some issues to consider in engaging the Jacob story (PDF)

Reading times for the Jacob story (PDF)

Shape of the Jacob story (PDF)

Genesis 25.19-35.22 chiasm (PDF, from Fishbane)

Jacob story map (PDF)

S1E117: Two nations are in your womb (Genesis 25.19-23)

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S1E118: Man of the fields, man of the tents (Genesis 25.24-28)

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S1E119: Birthright and "red stuff" (Genesis 25.29-34)

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S1E120: Introduction to Genesis 26.1-33

Genesis 21.22-34 and 26.3-6, 12-33 (PDF)

Genesis 26 keywords (PDF)

Patriarch timeline (PDF)

Genesis 26 and 1 Samuel 29 (PDF)

S1E121: YHWH appears to Isaac (Genesis 26.1-6)

Genesis 22.15-19 and 26.1-6 compared (PDF)

S1E122: "She is my sister," yet again (Genesis 26.7-11)

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S1E123: Isaac the farmer (Genesis 26.12-17)

Abra(ha)m and Isaac early parallels (PDF)

S1E124: Contending over water (Genesis 26.18-25)

Genesis 12.8 and 26.22a, 25 (PDF)

Genesis 26 chiasms (PDF)

S1E125: A covenant of mutual nonviolence (Genesis 26.26-33)

Genesis 21.22-32 and 26.26-33 (PDF)