Guiding Questions: Genesis 36

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. The genealogy of Esau in Genesis 36:4 mentions Elifaz. Where does this name appear in “later Tanakh text”?
  2. Does the name Reuel appear again in the Humash?
  3. In Genesis 36:6–7, what reason is given for Esau’s relocation?
  4. Is Gen3sis 36:10 a repetition of verse 4?
  5. What origin is ascribed to Amalek? (Genesis 36:12)
  6. What chronological question is raised by Genesis 36:31?
  7. Why would text (at this, or any other point) relate this genealogy (these genealogies) in such detail – and is there any editorial comment by text explaining why?
  8. Will Esau be encountered again by Jacob or his descendants in Bereyshit?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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