Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Jacob Cycle Chiasm!

Okay, let’s be honest. When I learned about this today in Old Testament I immediately thought of Mom. I don’t know how many of you knew about this Chiasm but I thought I would share it for my post today!

A. Birth of Jacob and Esau; Jacob gets birthright (Gen. 25)

a. Isaac and Abimelech; Conflict over land (Gen. 26)

i. Jacob flees from Esau with the Blessing (Gen. 27)

1. Jacob at Bethel—house of God (Gen. 28)

a. Jacob marries (29-21) (In Chiasm the middle is the most important part—so this is important)

2. Jacob at Penue—face of God (Gen. 32)

ii. Jacob and Esau reconcile (Gen. 33)

b. Jacob and Shechem: conflict over marriage (Gen. 34)

B. Return to Canaan and death of Isaac (Gen. 35)

1 comment:

Adam G. Ricks said...

Awesome posts! I'm only going to comment on this one though. Sounds like you are learning great stuff and seeing amazing stuff as well! L-U-C-K-Y!!!!