Literary Devices – Bereshit 46/0
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Literary Devices – Bereshit 46
Structure
Parallels and Contrasts
Key Words
Character Titles
Yaakov
Yaakov’s name alternates between Yisrael and Yaakov in this chapter.
- Commentators – See Ramban on 46:2, and Netziv and R. Hirsch on 46:5. These commentators generally associate the name Yaakov with the beginning of exile.
- Secondary Literature – For analysis of the significance of the usage of the two different names in this narrative, see R. Ezra Bick’s article The Twilight Years.
