Yesterday I was suprised to learn that we are supposed to post some notes in our blogs, so here are a couple selected notes:

1 - we are supposed to take notes in our blog - that's my first note

2 - the importance of the well story (this happens throughout the early Bible)

3 - the theme of youth triumphing over age, often in a subversive, as Bloom says "trickster" manner

4 - it strikes me that the vocal blesssing (as evidenced by the story of Esau's blessing) is an example of the power of the spoken word

5 - the idea of the mother in league with the son against the father parallels Greek mythology