How does the narrator dramatize the tension between the two? How does the narrative resolve the tension? Is one character in each pair more memorable and/or admirable?
“The Hebrew Bible is full of portraits of rival siblings or quasi-siblings: Cain and Abel, Sarah and Hagar, Ishmael and Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Leah and Rachel, Judah and Joseph, Amnon and Absalom. Examine any one or two of these pairs, and consider the conflict
between siblings or rivals. How does the narrator dramatize the tension between the two? How does the narrative resolve the tension? Is one character in each pair more memorable and/or admirable?
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