Wednesday, January 25, 2017

BeST Bible Commentary: Genesis

BeST Bible Commentary: Genesis
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  1. Unknown1/25/2017 12:11 PM

    Thanks for posting! I poked at Gen 49 and did a double-take at 49:23, where Jacob is describing Joseph's life ("the archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him"). There's a really well-known midrash that Esau would often shoot arrows at Jacob when they were children, and I always thought it was a huuuuuge stretch to get there from the text.

    But you can at least make a *case* that this verse supports it: Jacob, in old age, is thinking about his childhood experiences and it's creeping into his language. And it's significant that he holds this metaphor back until he gets to his most *accomplished* child (and therefore arguably the one he'd most identify with) -- a son who, it just so happens, was mistreated and betrayed *by his brothers*. Just like Jacob! (If we accept the midrash, anyway.)

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  2. Mrs Betty Tracy2/01/2017 7:45 AM

    I didn't know that! Thank you:-) I am reading through this book again and will likely include this in there.

    I don't take the Midrash as "Bible" but I do find it interesting to learn what it says.

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