1. Sibling rivalries
9/11/17
Professor Tate

2. Vocabulary Eponymous ancestor Esau=Edom Jacob=Israel
Primogeniture (the right of the firstborn)

3. The reversal of primogeniture
And Yhwh said to [Rebekah],
“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples born of you shall be divided; one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger.” (Genesis 25:23)

4. Eponymous ancestors The Israelites The Edomites Esau (Edom; “Red”)
Jacob (Israel)
The Edomites
The Israelites
The first came out red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they named him Esau. (Genesis 35)
“You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed.” (Genesis 32)

5. Genesis 25:27-28
When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. Isaac loved Esau, because he was fond of game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

6. Genesis 25:29-32
Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, for I am famished!” (Therefore he was called Edom.) Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?”

7. Genesis 27
When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called his elder son Esau … “See, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me. Then prepare for me savory food, such as I like, and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”  

8. Genesis 27
Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau … Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father say to your brother Esau … Now therefore, my son, obey my word as I command you. Go to the flock, and get me two choice kids, so that I may prepare from them savory food for your father, such as he likes; and you shall take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

9. Genesis 27
But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a man of smooth skin. Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.” His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my word, and go, get them for me.”

10. Genesis 37
[Jacob] loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he had made him a long robe with sleeves.

11. Genesis 37
Joseph, who was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a helper to the sons of … his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father [Jacob].

12. Genesis 37
Once Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. He said to them, “Listen to this dream that I dreamed. There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright; then you sheaves gathered around it, and bowed down to my sheaf.” His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Are you indeed to have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his words.

13. Genesis 50
But Joseph said to them, ‘Do not be afraid! Am I in the place of God? Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today. So have no fear; I myself will provide for you and your little ones.’ In this way he reassured them, speaking kindly to them.

14. Vocabulary Eponymous ancestor Esau=Edom Jacob=Israel
Primogeniture (the right of the firstborn)