Most of the alleged contradictions between the so-called sources disappear on
careful examination. For instance,
it is claimed
that the J and P documents picture Rebecca as influenced by different motives in
sending Jacob from Canaan — to escape his brotherÕs anger, and to get a wife
his parents liked. Actually there is no contradiction
whatever in supposing
that Rebecca was influenced by both motives and that, in dealing with the two
men she wished to influence, she
used in each case the argument she knew would appeal to rather than antagonize him.