Please answer at least three questions or bring up your own topics (and answers) for discussion.
These chapters present us with even more family drama revolving around brothers (we have already seen Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael and now Jacob and Esau). Jacob and Esau though are twins.
1. What problems arise from these two "firstborn" sons? How does twinship in this story only seem to compound the problems we have already seen with brothers? Do a character study of Jacob and / or Esau. Use specific quotes form the text to support your reasoning.
2. Look at the role of the parents in this conflict. Do a character study of Isaac and / or Rebecca. Use specific quotes from the text to support your reasoning.
3. What do you make of Isaac's (and ultimately Esau's) deception? What do you make of Rebecca's role in this deception? She gives two important speeches (27:43-45 and 27:46) - what do you make of these speeches?
Jacob's Dream (Chapter 28)
4. How do you interpret the various elements of Jacob's dream and what might they mean within the larger scope of Genesis?
Jacob Wrestling (Chapters 32-33)
5. We are told here that "Jacob was left alone" (32:24). How do you interpret this with what follows - the wrestling with "something"? How do you interpret this wrestling? What or whom exactly might Jacob wrestle? Why?
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