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Cross has drawn a parallel between this legend (and the Legend of Aqhat) and various incidents in the story of Abraham: like Keret, Abraham is blessed by Yahweh/El Genesis 12:1–3, receives a vision promising a son Genesis 15:1–5 and is assisted in a military expedition Genesis 14:13–29.
God directs Abram to migrate to Canaan. There God appears to him and promises the land to his descendants. Abram is forced to go to Egypt in order to evade a famine.Abram asks his wife Sarai to pretend she is his sister.
B: Sarai is in danger from Pharaoh; a sanctuary is founded at Bethel and the name of the Lord is proclaimed (Genesis 12:10–13:4) C: Lot goes away (Genesis 13:5–18) D: Lot is in jeopardy and is saved (Genesis 14–15) E: Threat to the birth of the first-born; birth of Ishmael; covenant to be fulfilled through second son (Genesis 16–17)
(Genesis 12:11-13 and Genesis 20:11-12) In chapter 25, Jacob tricks Esau into selling his birthright for a pot of lentil stew. In chapter 27, Isaac is tricked by Rebekah into giving Jacob the superior blessing instead of Esau. In chapter 29, Jacob believes he is marrying Rachel but is tricked into marrying her sister.
The reference to Sodom in verse 13 suggests that Lot made a bad choice. [4] The narrator uses Lot's choice of land near Sodom as a way of foreshadowing Lot's role in the Battle of Siddim, in which Lot is taken captive in battle, and the role of Lot in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. [5] Lot pitches his tents near Sodom according to ...
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Genesis 1–11 shows little relationship to the remainder of Genesis. [8] For example, the names of its characters and its geography – Adam (man) and Eve (life), the Land of Nod ("Wandering"), and so on – are symbolic rather than real, and much of the narratives consist of lists of "firsts": the first murder, the first wine, the first ...