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The Lexham Research Commentary is your starting point for study and research. It surveys all the relevant literature on a passage and brings the summary back to you. This guide summarizes a broad range of views on a particular passage—views you may or may not agree with, but in all cases, views you will encounter as you critically study the text. A complete introduction to each literary unit in...

Indeed, the message of the Jacob cycle of stories (Gen 25–36) could be summarized as God is faithful even when we mess things up again and again. If the theological message of Gen 12–50 is God’s faithfulness to His promises, then the social message might be the importance of family and community. Westermann (1985, 23) notes how central family relationships are in these narratives—parents and children in Gen 12–25, brothers in Gen 25–36, and the complexities of a large family in Gen 37–50. This emphasis
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