Gen 27:42-46 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 27:42-45: 27:42–33:17 Jacob met the Lord on a route that Abraham had taken 125 years earlier. The story recounted in 27:42–33:17 follows a chiastic structure that centers on Jacob’s exile: A: Jacob flees Esau (27:42–28:9 ) B: Angels of God meet Jacob at Bethel (28:10-22 ) C: Jacob is exiled in Paddan-aram (29:1–31:55 ) B’: Angels of God meet Jacob at Mahanaim (32:1-2 ) A’: Jacob is reconciled to Esau (32:3

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‏ Genesis 27:42-46

Summary for Gen 27:42-45: 27:42–33:17 ^a Jacob met the Lord on a route that Abraham had taken 125 years earlier. The story recounted in 27:42–33:17 ^b follows a chiastic structure that centers on Jacob’s exile: A: Jacob flees Esau (27:42–28:9 ^c) B: Angels of God meet Jacob at Bethel (28:10-22 ^d) C: Jacob is exiled in Paddan-aram (29:1–31:55 ^e) B’: Angels of God meet Jacob at Mahanaim (32:1-2 ^f) A’: Jacob is reconciled to Esau (32:3–33:17 ^g).
27:46 ^h Rebekah manipulated Isaac into sending Jacob away. Like Isaac, Jacob took a wife from among his relatives in the east.