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<category name="Division into Units"> | <category name="Division into Units"> | ||
Division Into Units | Division Into Units | ||
| − | + | <b>I. Universal History (1 – 11)</b><br/><b>II. Selection of a Chosen Family (12 – 50)</b> | |
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li><b>Plot</b> – The book divides into two main sections, both of which contain a series of rejections and selections, first on the universal level and then on the individual level. Thus, the first eleven chapters speak of the creation, destruction and recreation of the world at large, while the subsequent chapters focus on the dismissing and choosing of the individuals who were to father Hashem's chosen nation.<fn>See Seforno who asserts when Hashem saw the repeated failures of the human species (pointing to the exile from Eden, the Flood and the Generation of the Dispersal) He despaired of the species as s whole repenting and decided to select one family instead.</fn></li> | <li><b>Plot</b> – The book divides into two main sections, both of which contain a series of rejections and selections, first on the universal level and then on the individual level. Thus, the first eleven chapters speak of the creation, destruction and recreation of the world at large, while the subsequent chapters focus on the dismissing and choosing of the individuals who were to father Hashem's chosen nation.<fn>See Seforno who asserts when Hashem saw the repeated failures of the human species (pointing to the exile from Eden, the Flood and the Generation of the Dispersal) He despaired of the species as s whole repenting and decided to select one family instead.</fn></li> | ||
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Subdivision of Unit II – "Selection of a Chosen Family" | Subdivision of Unit II – "Selection of a Chosen Family" | ||
| − | + | <b>I. Patriarchs and Matriarchs (12 – 36)</b><br/><b>II. The Children of Israel: the Twelve Tribes (37 – 50)</b> <br/> | |
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<li><b>Plot</b> – The first unit speaks of the lives, struggles and accomplishments of each of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs.  In discussing each generation, much of the narrative is devoted to the search for an individual heir to receive Hashem's blessing.  The second unit moves to discuss the choice of all twelve tribes.  The narrative, like that of the first unit, speaks of challenges, triumphs, and significant sibling rivalry as the brothers (unlike the reader) do not know that they are all to be the chosen ones.</li> | <li><b>Plot</b> – The first unit speaks of the lives, struggles and accomplishments of each of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs.  In discussing each generation, much of the narrative is devoted to the search for an individual heir to receive Hashem's blessing.  The second unit moves to discuss the choice of all twelve tribes.  The narrative, like that of the first unit, speaks of challenges, triumphs, and significant sibling rivalry as the brothers (unlike the reader) do not know that they are all to be the chosen ones.</li> | ||
<li><b>Characters</b> – While the first section focuses on the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the second section turns to the interactions between Yaakov's 12 sons, later to head the tribes of Israel. </li> | <li><b>Characters</b> – While the first section focuses on the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the second section turns to the interactions between Yaakov's 12 sons, later to head the tribes of Israel. </li> | ||
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