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Deuteronomy's voice in Genesis
A gloss says God will reward Isaac's descendants because Abraham kept 'my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws,' Deuteronomy's legal vocabulary.
Harmonizing different theologies.
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It introduces a covenant of obedience and reward into stories otherwise based on promise and blessing.
Bible reference: Genesis 26:5
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 262
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