Story · 16 · Isaac and Rebekah
Rebekah, from silent to in charge
In Genesis 26, Rebekah has no voice. In the surrounding chapters, she takes the reins and steers her family's future.
Later layers gave women more agency.
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A later Priestly thread has Rebekah worry that Jacob will marry unsuitable women like his brother Esau, so she sends him to find a wife among their kin. Rebekah becomes a link between the northern Jacob and the southern Isaac.
Bible reference: Genesis 27:46–28:5
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 259–260, 267–268
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