Genesis; Dunzo

Finally, Genesis complete, but I have some things that I need to get off my chest. I'm going to be honest, some of the biblical heroes were shady individuals. The person who comes to mind first and foremost is Jacob/Israel. The guy dupes his brother into selling his birthright (which we never found out if he collected on) and then steals his blessing from their father Isaac. And this is the man in whose name all Israelites refer to... Next, I want to know where Jacob's wrestling match with God came from. Here's a recap "He took them (Jacob's family) and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32.23" We find out after humanity's most random beat down that it had in fact been God that Jacob was wrestling, and following this match God blessed him. Who knew. Maybe the safest route to success in life is to wrestle strange men that you encounter in the night, just in case the individual is the Almighty.

"And his soul was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. Genesis 34.3" This excerpt, which followed the story of Shechem's rape of Dinah, is the bible's first mention of the word 'love'. I believe this kind of story telling is J's signature, which she continues throughout the remainder of the bible. She is especially noticeable in the story of Joseph through huge displays of emotions from all different characters. Example; "Then he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you my son!" With that Joseph hurried out, because he was overcome with affection for his brother, and he was about to weep. Se he went into a private room and wept there. Genesis 43.29-31"

The act of Joseph going into a private room to weep is as heavy as I've seen it get in the bible, and I don't want to sound sexist, but perhaps these deep seeded emotions we're reading about reflect a feminine author.

One more thing about Joseph, in Genesis 47 Joseph made slaves of all the Egyptians because they had no more money to pay for grain. The only thing of value they had left was their land and their freedom, and Joseph purchased both from them... Isn't this a little hypocritical for an ex-slave to do?