Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 28/0
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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 28
Avraham and Yaakov
Tools
- Concordance – Using the concordance highlights how there are several phrases that are unique to the Avraham and Yaakov narratives. For instance, the blessing, "וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָה",1 the wish "אִבָּנֶה מִמֶּנָּה"2 and the descriptions, "הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב מִשֶּׁבֶת יַחְדָּו" 3,"וַיָּבֹא אֱ-לֹהִים... בַּחֲלוֹם הַלָּיְלָה",4 and "וַיַּרְא... מֵרָחֹק" appear in only these two stories. Such literary allusions serve as the basis for a larger comparison of the two figures.5
Articles
- See Avraham and Yaakov for an exploration of the parallels and contrasts between the stories, with a list of both thematic and linguistic points of contact.
- See The Parallel Between Yaakov and Avraham by Professor Yonatan Grossman for analysis of the parallels. He notes how Yaakov’s surprising departure from Canaan after his father, Yitzchak, was forbidden from leaving inversely parallels Avraham's arrival in Canaan, and attempts to understand the significance of the episode. He sees in Yaakov a second trailblazing Avraham, both serving to establish the nation.