Though most admit there are three major parts to Genesis, the interconnected web of themes and language can be overlooked if we read the book as three separate parts. For instance, Stephen B. Chapman shows that the Joseph story signals a small reversal of the Eden narrative in Genesis 3.2 Unlike the first man and the patriarchs, Joseph is the only male in Genesis that doesn’t listen to a woman with a wayward desire. When Potiphar’s wife seeks him sexually “day by day” (compare Gen 3:17; 16:2–3;
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