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| − | <li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Bereshit/27.32#m7e1n6">Makbilot Bamikra</a> points out that | + | <li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Bereshit/27.32#m7e1n6">Makbilot Bamikra</a> points out that the brothers’ plan to kill Yosef in Bereshit 37:19-21 parallels Esav’s expressed intent to kill Yaakov in Bereshit 27:41.</li> |
<li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:27:1-27:46&c2=Bereshit:37:1-37:36&f=bc&min=10&max=5000">Tanakh Lab</a> – Compare the linguistic parallels between the two stories in the <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:27:1-27:46&c2=Bereshit:37:1-37:36&f=bc&min=10&max=5000">Tanakh Lab</a>. The parallel language of  "לְאַחֶיךָ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְךָ" / "וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְךָ" might hint to what lies at the heart of the various stories of jealousy throughout the book - struggles over who will be the "chosen" one, to whom others will bow and pay homage.</li> | <li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:27:1-27:46&c2=Bereshit:37:1-37:36&f=bc&min=10&max=5000">Tanakh Lab</a> – Compare the linguistic parallels between the two stories in the <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:27:1-27:46&c2=Bereshit:37:1-37:36&f=bc&min=10&max=5000">Tanakh Lab</a>. The parallel language of  "לְאַחֶיךָ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְךָ" / "וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְךָ" might hint to what lies at the heart of the various stories of jealousy throughout the book - struggles over who will be the "chosen" one, to whom others will bow and pay homage.</li> | ||
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Version as of 20:39, 12 June 2023
Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 37
Tension Between Brothers
The story of the struggles between Yaakov and Esav is one of many stories of tension between brothers in Sefer Bereshit.
Tools
- Makbilot Bamikra points out that the brothers’ plan to kill Yosef in Bereshit 37:19-21 parallels Esav’s expressed intent to kill Yaakov in Bereshit 27:41.
- Tanakh Lab – Compare the linguistic parallels between the two stories in the Tanakh Lab. The parallel language of "לְאַחֶיךָ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְךָ" / "וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְךָ" might hint to what lies at the heart of the various stories of jealousy throughout the book - struggles over who will be the "chosen" one, to whom others will bow and pay homage.
Articles / Lectures
- In קנאת אחים בספר בראשית, R. Shlomo Brin explores the pattern of jealousy between brothers in Sefer Bereshit, beginning with the narrative of Kayin and Hevel.
- See וישב: מרבית אחים by Dr. Esti Rosenberg and Dr. Yosefa Wruble for a discussion of the meaning behind the tense relationships between brothers in Sefer Bereshit, culminating in the relationship of Yosef and his brothers.
