Genesis and The red tent: the differences

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Genesis and The red tent the differences

• By
• Kirstin Thomas
• Amy Matthews
• Kelly Driver
• Kaitline Reid

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• Isaacs death- doesnt appear in the book at all,
  but appears early in the Bible
• Jacob and Labans meeting- in the Bible, Laban is
  happy to see Jacob (29 13), but in the book he
  is not happy that he is going to be staying with
  him (pg. 10)
• The swap of Rachel and Leah- in book the sisters
  trick Jacob in thinking that Leahs Rachel (pg.
  31), in the Bible Laban plans to switch out
  Rachel and Leah (2923)

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• In the book Jacob wasnt angry that it was Leah
  and he only pretended to be mad so he would get
  Rachel as well, but he didnt go to Laban until
  the end of the full week (pgs. 31-36). In the
  Bible it says that Jacob woke up the very next
  morning and realized it was Leah and he went to
  Laban and was angry(2925).
• The red tent- In the book they were all in the
  same tent, but in the bible they were all in
  separate tents
• Pgs. 117-118 Laban goes into the red tent looking
  for the household gods, Laban goes into each
  individual tent looking for the household
  gods(3133-35)
• Essentially there is NO red tent

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• Isaacs death- pg. 150- Isaac is alive and living
  with Rebecca, 28- Isaac dies
• The story- book depicts as a love story (pg 190),
  but the bible depicts it as a rape (342)
• 3431 is the last mention of Dinah in the bible,
  first mention is 3021
• As Jacobs dying, he isnt in the right mind/has
  no clue what hes talking about (pgs. 311-312),in
  the bible Jacob is in his right mind as hes
  dying (48-50)

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• The author points out that The Red Tent is not
  a translation but a work of fiction. Its
  perspective and focus by and about the female
  characters distinguishes it from the biblical
  account in which women are usually peripheral and
  often totally silent. By giving Dinah a voice and
  providing texture and content to the sketchy
  biblical descriptions, my books is a radical
  departure from the historical text.

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Reconstruction of Genesis through The Red Tent

•  The Red Tent reconstructs the life of Dinah that
  we don't hear in the Bible and the life of the
  other women. It tells about her childhood up
  until the "rape" that the Bible mentions. It then
  tells what happened after that all the way up to
  her death, which the Bible never says anything
  more about her after the rape incident. 

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• What the women were thinking because they don't
  speak in the Bible. The author seems to put words
  into their mouths in the book.
• The Red Tent reconstructs Genesis by filling in
  the gaps that the Hebrew bible leaves out. It
  also fills in the gaps of the women (Leah, Rachel
  Dinah).
• The author, Diamant, wrote the book through
  Dinah's point of view to get an idea of what life
  was like during that time period.

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• Joseph's story in Genesis 371 - 49 doesn't talk
  about Dinah, but The Red Tent recounts parts of
  Joseph's story into the description of Dinah's
  life in Egypt. In Egypt Re-mose (Dinah's son)
  tries to kill Joseph because he thinks that
  Joseph killed his father Shalem.
• The story of Re-mose and Joseph is similar to
  Laban and Jacob's fight. This is another way The
  Red Tent reconstructs Genesis. 

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• Story of Dinah being raped
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