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dreamer_easy) wrote2004-06-13 09:52 pm
dreamer_easy) wrote2004-06-13 09:52 pm
Genesis 25
Halfway mark!
- I think I'm starting to get an inkling of why the dispute over whether Ishmael or Isaac was the near-miss sacrificial victim is important: it's really a dispute over who's the first-born son and thus the rightful heir of Abraham. (Got a lift from a Uniting Church minister this evening who mentioned that many of these stories are also told in the Koran - must investigate.)
- Where is Shur? Is that Syria? (But then there are mentions of Syrians elsewhere, so I guess not.)
- Esau's hairiness reminds me of Enkidu. For no really very good reason. Moving swiftly on.
- I wonder if the story of the pottage recounts an actual business deal.
- I think I'm starting to get an inkling of why the dispute over whether Ishmael or Isaac was the near-miss sacrificial victim is important: it's really a dispute over who's the first-born son and thus the rightful heir of Abraham. (Got a lift from a Uniting Church minister this evening who mentioned that many of these stories are also told in the Koran - must investigate.)
- Where is Shur? Is that Syria? (But then there are mentions of Syrians elsewhere, so I guess not.)
- Esau's hairiness reminds me of Enkidu. For no really very good reason. Moving swiftly on.
- I wonder if the story of the pottage recounts an actual business deal.