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.