tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22857283.post5818437737481380893..comments2023-03-13T05:15:37.984-07:00Comments on Mrs. Betty Tracy: BeST Bible Commentary: GenesisMrs Betty Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15294525918990533630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22857283.post-15918057066675727072017-02-01T07:45:43.153-08:002017-02-01T07:45:43.153-08:00I didn't know that! Thank you:-) I am reading ...I didn't know that! Thank you:-) I am reading through this book again and will likely include this in there. <br /><br />I don't take the Midrash as "Bible" but I do find it interesting to learn what it says. Mrs Betty Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15294525918990533630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22857283.post-62595627130892332612017-01-25T12:11:27.759-08:002017-01-25T12:11:27.759-08:00Thanks for posting! I poked at Gen 49 and did a do...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. <br /><br />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.) Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826885388686447722noreply@blogger.com