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I don't know whether it's age or medication, but I no longer feel the obsessive-compulsiveness needed to keep up this blog. So I...

From The Literary Guide to the Bible , edited by Robert Alter and Frank Kermode : Introduction to the Old Testament , by Robert Alter ...

Chapter 46 God appears to Jacob "in the visions of the night," and tells him not to be afraid to go to Egypt to see Joseph. So J...

Chapter 39 So Joseph is taken to Egypt and sold to Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard. Fortunately, Joseph turns out to be an un...

Chapter 32 Jacob sends word to Esau that he is returning with "oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants. And he ge...

Chapter 26 There is a famine, but God tells Isaac not to go to Egypt to avoid it. So Isaac lives in Gerar, where like Abraham he tells peo...

Chapter 20 Abraham goes into the south country, and once again decides it's best to pass off Sarah as his sister, not his wife. Wait, ...