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PATRIARCH ► * LEITMOTIF ▼ |
Noah |
Abraham |
Isaac |
Jacob |
Joseph |
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“Go forth and multiply”
(patriarch as new Adam) |
ü |
ü |
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ü |
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Reversal of primogeniture
(pat. as new Abel) |
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[ü] (Ishmael) |
ü |
ü |
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Rebellion/transgression
(pat. as new Cain) |
|
ü |
|
ü |
ü |
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Barren matriarch (threat
to “multiply”) |
|
ü |
ü |
ü |
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Exile (threat to “go
forth”) * [alibi: “She’s not my
wife, she’s my sister”] |
ü |
ü [üü] |
ü [ü] |
ü |
ü |
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“This town ain’t big
enough for the both of us” |
|
ü(Lot) |
ü |
ü |
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Ordeal or test * [name
change] |
ü |
ü [ü] |
ü |
ü [ü] |
ü (but not directly from
God) |
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Covenant |
ü |
ü |
ü |
ü |
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Betrothal at well |
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|
ü |
ü |
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Deception with textiles
(cloth, goatskin) |
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ü (by Jacob) |
üü (by Laban; later, by his
own sons) |
ü (of Potiphar, by wife) |
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Famine, flight into Egypt |
|
ü |
ü (but God tells him to stay
out of Egypt) |
ü (sons) |
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Period of “captivity” |
ü |
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ü |
ü |
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Dreams |
|
ü |
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ü |
ü |
Additional
patterns:
- Fathers “sacrifice”
children: Abraham/Isaac, Lot/daughters; Isaac/Esau; Jacob/elder sons.
- Reversal of
primogeniture: the above, plus Joseph’s sons (Ch. 48); Leah and Rachel;
Tamar’s children (Ch. 38).
- Wells: the above, plus
Hagar (Ch. 16); Abimelech/Abraham (Abr. digs wells); Abimelech/Isaac
(wells have been stopped up).
- Surrogacy: Hagar/Sarah;
ram/Isaac; servant (proxy
suitor)/Isaac; Jacob/Esau; kid/game; Leah/Rachel; Zilpah/Leah; Bilhah/Rachel. (Others?)
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