Difference and Preference (Genesis 25:27-34) Personal Reflection Preference … oh, how I know preference and the way in which it impacts familial relationships but somehow, we can’t seem to avoid it! My parents had their favorites.They will deny it but all the siblings knew exactly who my father loved and who my mother loved. My…
The Birth of a Trickster (Genesis 25:19-34) General Reflection on the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25:19-37:2) My mother’s favorite character in the Bible was secretly Jacob. She would probably tout David or Paul as her most cherished person in the Bible besides Jesus but she could not help but love Jacob’s tenacious focus. He knew what…
The Death of Abraham (Genesis 25:1-18) Personal Context When I was attending Brandeis University, working on my doctoral degree, I knew a fellow student who was exploring death scenes in the Hebrew Bible at Harvard University. She eventually dropped out of the Ph.D. program, disillusioned with the whole process of getting her dissertation proposal approved…
