Brothers of the Bible

Those made him think of justice after all years: He wanted to kill Moses and all of teachers who abused him and Mexican kids. However, when he saw his father forgiving a doctor who was the main reason of Joseph’s death, he quit his revenge and excused those teachers.

In the novel East of Eden, by John Steinbeck, two main characters, Cathy and Adam, both commit acts of violence, but in different ways. Cathy is a prostitute who killed her parents and left her husband, Adam, to take care of their children, Caleb and Aron. Adam stuck around with the twins, but he was there for them mentally leaving them with their housekeeper Lee. This caused the boys to endure the pain of having parents not around for them during their childhood. At a first glance, Cathy’s actions were obviously more terrifying and vicious than what Adam had done, but this does not mean they were more violent.

Jacob’s preferential treatment towards Joseph was destructive, and created dissension among Joseph’s brothers (fueled sibling rivalry –

So when Joseph came to them, they took off his beautiful robe and they threw him in an empty well. Then they sold him to people that were going to Egypt. The brothers took the robe and dipped it in animal’s blood and brought it to their father. They told Jacob that an animal killed him. Jacob was really upset. Joseph was now in Egypt working as a slave. He was Potiphar’s helper and made him mandated of everything he owned. Then the Pharaoh sent him to jail. After some time in jail a cupbearer and a baker’s Pharaoh had a dream that he was going to get out of jail soon. Joseph told them to tell the Pharaoh about him but the cupbearer forgot. Two years later the Pharaoh had a dream, but nobody could understand it. Then the cupbearer remembered what Joseph did for him, and Joseph was brought to Pharaoh. Joseph explained him and the Pharaoh believed all that he told him, and put him in charge of all the land of Egypt. People came from all over to buy grain from Joseph, including Joseph's brothers. When his brothers came, Joseph was able to recognize them, but they did not. Joseph told them that he was their brother and even thought they were afraid Joseph was not mad at them because he knew that God had a better plan for him. After it his entire family moved to Egypt

After losing any blood related family he and his brother had they tried desperately to protect each other at young age and being forced into believing in just survival, when Ishmael is separated from his brother he cannot care to heavily, He goes into being a soldier and the more boys he meets the more family becomes situational rather than genetic. All of his life he struggles to find a true family that he can always have. All he has is the memories each of his family members gives him which serves a major purpose throughout the book as it comforts

“And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.  And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground” (Genesis. 4. 1-2). Cain and Abel were the first siblings in the story of Genesis, as Ruthie and Lucille are the first siblings to live in the house their grandfather built for a very long time. Ruthie and Lucille, from

Joseph learned from his father, Elias’ mistakes in both his community leadership and personal life. This is why he became a more powerful leader, as well as a family member. In the beginning of the novel, Elias is introduced, he was the leader of Waknuk, the community that they lived in. He taught and inspired Joseph to lead the community, but he was also a good example for Joseph to learn how to alter his leadership styles to be more effective, this is why Joseph was a much more strict leader. In the beginning of the novel, there is a jump back in time to explain how Joseph was raised.“Elias had never a moment’s doubt of the proper pattern for his heart. My father’s [Joseph’s] faith was bred into his bones, his principles were his sinews, and both responded to a mind richly stored with examples for the Bible and from Nicholson’s Repentances. In faith father and son, were at one; the difference between them was only in approach, the evangelical flash did not appear in my fathers' eyes; his virtue was more legalistic" (16-17).

In John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, Adam’s son Cal reflects the character of Cain in the Bible. Cain is born to Adam and Eve. When Cain and Abel present gifts to God, God favors Abel’s gift. Cain grows jealous and kills his brother out of jealousy. Though similar to Cain, John Steinbeck uses the choices Cal makes to contrast his character to Cain in the Bible and to demonstrate that, despite being evil, people can choose their course in life.

Esau was the first son of Isaac, the grandson of Abraham. Throughout his lifetime, he was married to black Hamitic women of which one of his wives was a black Egyptian woman the daughter of Ishmael named Mahalath aka Bashemath (Genesis 28:9). We should not forget that Ishmael’s mother and wife were black Egyptian women, and his Egyptian wife was the mother of all Ishmael’s children (Genesis 16:1, 3, 15-16; 21:21).

With both parties disappointed in the outcome of the previous battle, the hate between Boso’s sons and Aimericus of Saint-Savingy’s sons grew

Joseph was the first born child of Rachel and because he was born to Jacob in his old age, Jacob loved Joseph more than his other sons and made Joseph a richly ornamented robe, therefore Joseph’s brothers hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. Joseph also had dreams that indicated that he would reign over his brothers and this caused more hatred toward him. His brothers were jealous of the love that he received from their father and because of his dreams. Consequently, Joseph’s brothers plotted to kill him but instead they sold him to some Ishmaelites that were passing through to Egypt.

Through examination of the parables featured in the book of Genesis, there are numerous events where characters are deceitful. This is specifically illustrated in Genesis 25-28 in the story of Esau and Jacob. Throughout this narrative, it is demonstrated that Rebekah loved Jacob more than Esau, while Isaac favored Esau more than Jacob. In Genesis 27, through an act of disguise and trickery, Jacob received Isaac’s blessing with the help of his mother, Rebekah. Because of the deceiving actions of mother and son many have questioned the morality of Rebekah and the legitimacy of Jacob. This is specifically questioned through the biblical teachings that shun the idea of dishonesty.

Baby Jacob came out after Baby Esau by holding Esau's heel, so they called his name Jacob, which means "Heel Catcher" or "Supplanter". When they were on their mother's womb, the twin brothers were fighting a constant battle.

Another brother story in the Bible is that of Esau and Jacob. The prophecy of these brothers was that the younger would rule the elder. Esau was a hairy man that was skillful in the hunter – gatherer ways and Jacob was somewhat of a “mamas boy”. One day while their father Isaac was dying he told Esau that he would bless him. Jacob then deceitfully went into the place of his father and was blessed as if he was Esau. When Esau returned he was very upset and was going to kill his brother. Jacob fled and was out of touch with his brother for a long time. Then Jacob sent word to meet his brother again and heard that Esau followed by 400 men were coming to him. Afraid and distressed about what Esau might do, Jacob had a dream in which he wrestled with God and was there blessed. With the new name of Israel he met his brother Esau and gave him many gifts. Esau came to his bother in open arms not needing any gifts because the only gift he wanted was to see his brother. Again united Esau and Israel showed that being brothers was more important than any childhood feud.

One of the inherent conflicts in the story of Joseph is the tension between Joseph and his brothers. The tension between them is caused by both Jacob and Joseph. First, Jacob shows favoritism toward Joseph, because he is the son of his favorite wife Rachel. Second, Joseph brings back bad reports when he is out pasturing with his brothers. However, what truly increased the hatred and jealousy was the Joseph’s dreams. The author notes that when Joseph recounts the dreams, “they hated him even more (Gen. 37:8).” Their jealousy for Joseph is strong enough that they are willing to murder him. However, they decide to instead sell him into slavery, and convince Jacob that he was killed.