genesis 32:3-36:43, annual vayishlach, “and he sent”

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paragraph divisions:

Gen 32:3-33:17 {s} Jacob renamed Israel, “Upright of El”
Gen 33:18-20 {s} Jacob acquires property in Canaan + altar of God
Gen 34:1-31 {p} Defilement with Canaanites + killing/ plunder + rebuke
Gen 35:1-8 {p} Repentance and return to the house of God (Bethel)
Gen 35:9-22 {p} Renewal of the covenant
Gen 35:23-29 {p} The seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Gen 36:1-19 {s} The seed of Esau
Gen 36:20-30 {s} The seed of Seir
Gen 36:31-43 {s} The kings of Edom

strong themes of the parashah:

Gen 32:3-34:31 {s+s+p} Jacob’s faith in the promise tested (Esau + Shechem)
Gen 35:1-8 {p} Repentance and return to the house of God (Bethel)
Gen 35:9-22 {p} Renewal of the covenant
Gen 35:23-29 {p} The seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Gen 36:1-43 {s+s+s+ …} The seed of Esau/ Edom …

gen 33-34, the strong paragraphs and defilement with Canaanites 2011 jan 18

chiastic structure:

1a) Gen 32:3, Esau in Seir, the country of Edom;

1b) Gen 32:4-6, Jacob came to Esau;

1c) Gen 32:7-8, The wives and seed of Jacob;

1d) Gen 32:9-12, Prayer to God to remember Abraham’s covenant;

1e) Gen 32:24-30, God blessed Jacob and changed his name to Israel;

1f) Gen 32:31-33:20 {s+s} Repentance, journey to Succoth and Shechem, altar El-Elohe-Israel;

central axis) Gen 34:1-31 {p} Defilement with Canaanites;

2f) Gen 35:1-8 {p} Repentance, journey to Bethel, altar El-bethel;

2e) Gen 35:9-10, God blessed Jacob, changed his name to Israel;

2d) Gen 35:11-15, God renews the Abrahamic covenant with Jacob;

2c) Gen 35:16-26, The wives and seed of Jacob;

2b) Gen 35:27-29 {p+p} Jacob came to Isaac;

2a) Gen 36:1-43 {s+s+s} Esau in Seir, the country of Edom.

theme of the parashah:

Life of Jacob repeats events from the lives of Abraham/ Isaac (faith in the promise tested/ covenant confirmed) + the two seeds

gen 32:3-36:43, the theme of parashah vayishlach 2013 nov 15