When reading Genesis the biggest relationship lesson that I have seen repeated over and over and OVER again is "Do not play favorites."
God, Cain vs Abe;
Abraham, Ishmael vs Isaac
Issac, Esau vs Jacob
Jacob, Leah's sons vs Rachel's sons
A lot of the old testament stories can be seen as a list of "What not to do" I'm not sure most fundamentalist would like to see Genesis as a list of what happens when God or people behave poorly, but that is what it is.
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- God, Cain vs Abe;
- Abraham, Ishmael vs Isaac
- Issac, Esau vs Jacob
- Jacob, Leah's sons vs Rachel's sons
A lot of the old testament stories can be seen as a list of "What not to do" I'm not sure most fundamentalist would like to see Genesis as a list of what happens when God or people behave poorly, but that is what it is.