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		<title>Back soon</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/back-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bible from Cover to Cover will be back soon after a long hiatus. I just need to reread everything I wrote first. Having lost the plot :-).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=84&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>11 little patriarchs</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/11-little-patriarchs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Laban]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 29: in which Jacob meets future wives Rachel and Leah, is cheated by Laban, and becomes a father. Jacob meets the &#8220;graceful&#8221; and &#8220;beautiful&#8221; Rachel at the well at which she waters her father&#8217;s sheep. (He rolls away the heavy stone cover of the well for her.) Laban is happy to meet him, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=82&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jacob&#8217;s ladder</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/jacobs-ladder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Genesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ladder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 28: In which Jacob is sent on a journey to acquire a non-Canaanite wife, and dreams of a stairway to heaven. Isaac, determined that Jacob shouldn&#8217;t marry a Canaanite wife, sends him to the house of Bethuel in Paddan-Aran. There he is to take as wife one of the daughters of Laban, his mother&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=77&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Jacob\&#39;s Dream, by Giovan Battista Tiepolo</media:title>
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		<title>The blessing way</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/blessing-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 27. In which Jacob steals Esau&#8217;s blessing by Isaac. The aging Isaac instructs Esau to hunt game and prepare him savoury food of it so that he can bestow the blessing due the first-born son (berakah) on him. Rebekah overhears, and immediately takes steps to ensure that her beloved Jacob receives the blessing instead. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=71&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Isaac Blesses Jacob, by Govert Flinck</media:title>
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		<title>Matriarch in distress (again)</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/matriarch-in-distress-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abimelech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[famine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philistines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 26. In which Isaac is the one to go to the land of King Abimelech in a time of famine, and pretend that Rebekah is his sister. This J source story mirrors the one from the E source found in Genesis 20. In previous chapters (12 and 20) one twice finds Abraham moving to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=68&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sibling rivalry: Esau vs Jacob</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/sibling-rivalry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 25. In which Abraham remarries and dies, and his and Ishmael&#8217;s descendants are listed. The births of Esau and Jacob are recounted. Abraham marries a woman called Keturah (&#8220;incense&#8221;), and has six sons with her. According to the Notes the sons&#8217; names are those of Arabian places and tribes. One of the sons, Jokshan, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=67&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Esau Sells his Birthright to Jacob, by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn</media:title>
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		<title>Rebekah, the comfort of Isaac</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/rebekah-the-comfort-of-isaac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 24. In which the aging Abraham sends his oldest servant to find a wife for Isaac. A wife, that is, who is not a Canaanite, and who is willing to leave her country and family to join another. Abraham&#8217;s conversation with his servant includes a very odd detail &#8211; in an apparent ritualistic exchange [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=66&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Death of a matriarch</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/death-of-a-matriarch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abraham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canaan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hebron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hittites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 23. In which Sarah dies and a burial ground is purchased. Sarah dies at the age of 127. Her death is rather overshadowed by the account of Abraham&#8217;s purchase of land for the family tomb. The Hittites, whose land he lives in, drives a hard bargain, and Abraham eventually pays 400 shekels &#8211; which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=63&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lamb to the slaughter</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/lamb-to-the-slaughter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 22. In which God tests Abraham. Abraham is told: &#8230; take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering. We are made fully aware that Isaac is Abraham&#8217;s only son and heir, and hence of the magnitude of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=62&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The Sacrifice of Isaac by Giovan Battista Tiepolo</media:title>
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		<title>Sibling rivalry: Isaac vs Ishmael</title>
		<link>http://biblestories.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/isaac-vs-ishmael/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Isaac is born he is circumcised. As the Notes say, the birth of the heir is the first step in the fulfilment of God&#8217;s promises. When Sarah sees the 17-year-old Ishmael playing with her weaned son she becomes concerned about Ishmael inheriting along with Isaac on Abraham&#8217;s death. Sarah tells her husband to cast [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3353273&amp;post=60&amp;subd=biblestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael by Il Guercino</media:title>
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