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Recounting the greatest event of divine salvation in the Old Testament, the book of Exodus is not merely a story about the Lord God rescuing enslaved Israelites from the power of a despotic and xenophobic dictator. More importantly, it highlights how a compassionate and justice-seeking God transforms the lives of victimized people so that they may experience life in all its fullness in his holy...

‘Jacob’ are used of the same individual without any explanation. Deliberate allusions to Genesis recur to varying degrees throughout Exodus and impact the reading of Exodus. Every effort is made in the commentary to identify these allusions and explain their significance. The relationship between Genesis and Exodus has engendered much speculation. Some contemporary scholars suggest that the linking of the patriarchal and exodus traditions is a late development (Dozeman 2009: 59–60; K. Schmid [2010],
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