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A short Yahwist story Jiang uses to show how economy and irony produce a universe of family emotion.
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Rachel and Jacob
A short Yahwist story Jiang uses to show how economy and irony produce a universe of family emotion.
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The Rachel and Jacob story is presented as short but full of economy and irony, with a universe of family emotion inside the compressed plot.
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Jiang infers Leah's resentment from the Rachel and Jacob story, imagining seven years of family pressure after Laban promises Rachel to Jacob.
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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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"...The last story I will mention is a story of Rachel and Jacob. It's a very short story. Okay? So what happens is this...."
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"Seven years pass and there's a wedding between Rachel and Jacob. That night Jacob has sex with a woman. He wakes up and sees..."
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"...comedy. Right? Laban's like you know what if after seven years Jacob marries Rachel they're going to run off together. Right? And for the..."
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"...story of the patriarchs um between the love story of Rachel and Jacob i said that uh Jacob had to work seven years for..."
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