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Patterns in Genesis. Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, 1 655-57, by Carlo Maratti. Sibling Rivalry. Cain & Abel Ishmael & Isaac Esau & Jacob Rachel & Leah Joseph & his brothers. Wrestling with God.
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Patterns in Genesis Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, 1655-57, by Carlo Maratti.
Sibling Rivalry • Cain & Abel • Ishmael & Isaac • Esau & Jacob • Rachel & Leah • Joseph & his brothers
Wrestling withGod Can we connect the struggling siblings with Jacob’s wrestling with the angel of God at Bethel? Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Gustav Dore
Barren/Childless Wife • Sarah • Rebekah • Rachel • Tamar Sarah Hears and Laughsby J. James Tissot
Trickery/Craft (by women) • Rebekah tricked • Leah tricked • Rachel tricked • tricked Judah w/ prostitute disguise • Lot’s daughters tricked Isaac by disguising Jacob Jacob w/ bed-trick Laban w/ teraphim Tamar their drunken father
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 Shechem’s city to avenge Dinah’s rape
Meetings at Wells & Springs Rebekah Jacob • _______ and Abraham’s chief servant, Eliezer • Rachel and _____ • Hagar and _____ • Zipporah and _____ God Moses
Ultimogeniture Ishmael • Isaac over _____ • Jacob over ______ • Rachel over _____ • _____ & _____ over Jacob’s 10 other sons (They are favored by father, although Davidic dynasty descends from Judah) • Ephraim over Menashe (Joseph’s sons blessed by Jacob) • Perez & Zerah, sons of _____&____ Esau Leah (?) Joseph & Benjamin Tamar & Judah
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/ • Dante’s Vision of Rachel and Leah by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1855 from Olga’s Gallery: www.abcgallery.com • Sarah Hears and Laughs and Jacob Deceives Isaacby J. James Tissot http://www.cts.edu/ImageLibrary/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/