“... The stories about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and his sons in Genesis 12–50 have broad and specific correlations with the Kirta and Aqhat tales from Ugarit dating to the fourteenth century BCE [...] The biblical and Ugaritic stories concern a father, portrayed as pious or favored by the god(s), who lacks an heir or a wife. The deity or deities promise the father that he will have offspring to carry on the line, but this promise is compromised in some manner. The challenge is remedied, although in some cases the expected heir fails to qualify or does not survive to inherit, and a younger or socially liminal (female in the Ugaritic texts) family member either inherits or comes to the aid of the father’s interests. [...] Within this framework of general correlations, the biblical stories contain specific motifs similar to those found in the Ugaritic tales. [...] rebellion or impiety by the heir or child (Gen 27:30–45; 35:22; 37:1–36; KTU 1.16 vi 25– 59; 1.17 vi 11–47; cf. Gen 4:1–16); a father’s blessing or cursing his children (Gen 27:25–29, 38–40; 48:8–20; 49:1–27, 28; KTU 1.16 vi 55–59; 1.19 iv 29–41; cf. Gen 9:20–27). [...] The overall range of similarities is such to allow for positing a cultural affinity between the two bodies of literature, especially given the geographical, linguistic, and general chronological proximity of the biblical texts to Ugarit. ...”