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Date Posted: 19:05:21 04/13/08 Sun
Author: Erin Risch
Subject: Re: Imitation In the Jacob Story
In reply to: Shannon 's message, "Imitation In the Jacob Story" on 17:40:45 04/10/08 Thu

There's another good double in that story, too! I wonder if, when Jacob realized that he'd failed to recognize Leah in the darkness of their wedding night (although I think I remember that he was drunk, too), he remembered tricking his father, who failed to recognize Jacob because he was blind. It seems like the most conniving men would attribute those same motives to others and be more on their guard for tricks such as these, but Jacob falls for a trick he's already pulled. While Laban probably isn't imitating Jacob, it at least constitutes some nice parallel structure. It makes you wonder if trickery and deceit were Isaac family traits.

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