Monthly Archives: March 2013

An interesting sidelight on the last part of Genesis.  Jacob is blessing his his grandchildren when suddenly he begins to talk about Rachel and the ache in his heart.  Some commentators feel that it is a flaw in the narrative, but I am convinced that it is a skillful literary tug on our heart strings at the pathos of the heir of the kingdom who kept losing the things he loved.

hings he loved.

The Tribe of Manasseh received half of their inheritance on the east of Jordan; their brothers, the rest of the tribal clans of Manasseh received their inheritance, by lot, on the Western side of Jordan. The two halves, each on either side of Jordan, together make up the Tribe of Manasseh.