Literary Devices – Bereshit 46/0

Literary Devices – Bereshit 46

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Character Titles

Yaakov

Yaakov’s name alternates between Yisrael (appearing six times)¹ and Yaakov (appearing fifteen times)² in this chapter. 

• Commentators – See RambanBereshit 46:2About R. Moshe b. Nachman, Netziv Bereshit 46:5About R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlinand R. HirschBereshit 46:5About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch who 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. 

¹ See verses 1,2,5, 8, 29, and 30.

² See verses 2, 5, 6, 8, 15, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, and 27.