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Jiang's genre for Adam and Eve: a family scene about parental lying, punishment, regret, and repair.
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domestic comedy
Jiang's genre for Adam and Eve: a family scene about parental lying, punishment, regret, and repair.
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The story of Adam and Eve is framed as domestic comedy: a bad parent lies, punishes, then tries to repair the relationship because he knows he was wrong.
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Jiang frames Yahweh's rejection of Cain's offering as bad parenting, where God humiliates one child and refuses responsibility.
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Laban's trick is interpreted as a comic family strategy to avoid being stuck with Leah after Rachel and Jacob run off together.
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"...So what we remark about this story is it's basically a domestic comedy. You understand? This is what happens among families all the time...."
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"Right? So imagine this. Imagine you're my two daughters. Okay? And you're like six or seven years old. And you see me at night..."
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"They have two sons named Cain and Abel. Abel is a shepherd. Okay? And Cain is a farmer. But they both love God. They..."
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"So Cain was very angry and his countenance fell. The Lord said to Cain why are you angry? If you do well will you..."
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"So again it's a domestic comedy. You're my girls you're my you're my daughters you go to school and you work very hard on..."
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"...nothing to you? We can imagine the family drama and the comedy. Right? Laban's like you know what if after seven years Jacob marries..."
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