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The following is a simple table of the theology in Genesis 25-50:

Chapter	Topic
26	Isaac the quiet man of God remains patient and faithful
27	Rebecca corrupts Jacob to preserve Abraham's line from Esau’s godlessness; their punishment Jacob's exile; (Jacob dies in second exile, cf Chapter 50)
28	Despairing Jacob's vision of God; the renewed promise
29	Jacob deceived by Laban over Leah and Rachel
30	12 tribes born of deceit, jealousy and entanglement; God remains with Jacob in exile
31	Jacob returns to the Promised Land
32	Jacob prays to God instead of bargaining then faces up to his past and God in a night long struggle and is blessed as Israel
33	Reconciliation
34	Dinah's rape (cf Chapter 9) at Shechem avenged in excess violence
35	Death of Rachel: Israel's last years sad and unfulfilled
37	Father Israel's deceit punished by 'loss' of favourite son
38	The line of Judah preserved by Tamar's deceit
39-41	God protects Joseph in Egypt: the interpretation of dreams; famine foretold Joseph exalted
42	10 Brothers remember their cruelty which Joseph repays with kindness
44-45	The brothers repent and are reconciled to Joseph; Israel leaves the Promised Land
46-47	Israel in Egypt blesses Pharaoh
48	Joseph's children adopted; Israel prefers servant Ephraim over powerful Manasseh
49	Israel foretells of Judah's pre-eminence
50	Israel waits in Egypt for the return of God.

Taken from: Ward, Keith: the Promise, SPCK 1980

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