Literary Devices – Bereshit 35/0

Literary Devices – Bereshit 35

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Relational Epithets

Throughout the chapter Yaakov is referred to as either Yaakov or Yisrael, without reference to other relationships, excpet in the verylast verse of the chpater.

Esav and Yaakov are referred to collectively as “banav” when they bury Yitzchak (verse 29), indicating a family bond that existed in the context of mourning their father, despite their fraught relationship. It is also noteworthy that, in this verse, Esav is listed before Yaakov, notwithstanding Yaakov’s acquisition of the birthright