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* WhatBeautifulEyes: Exactly what "tender eyes" are supposed to be is unclear. Some versions say she had "lovely" eyes, others say she had "weary" eyes.

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* WhatBeautifulEyes: Exactly what "tender eyes" are supposed to be is unclear. Some versions say she had "lovely" eyes, others say she had "weary" eyes. The meaning of her name, "cow," may hold a clue: in the Eastern Mediterranean, women with big, pretty dark eyes were often referred to as "cow-eyed."
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* DumbMuscle: He's a tough and able hunter, but extremely short-sighted and unable to see the value in his entire inheritance in favor of a brief relief from hunger.
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* FamousAncestor: Many Middle Eastern peoples trace their ancestry to Abe.

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* FamousAncestor: Many Middle Eastern peoples trace their ancestry to Abe.Abraham.



The second and last child of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twelfth and youngest son overall, whose birth killed his mother.

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The second and last child of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twelfth and youngest son overall, whose birth killed his mother.overall. Rachel died in childbirth.



** Zigzagged with his descendants in the long run. The Tribe of Benjamin were formidable warriors with a SouthpawAdvantage, but were almost wiped out after a gang rape incident, they had one of their tribesmen, Saul, crowned as the first king of Israel, before being replaced by David from the tribe of Judah, remained with the Kingdom of Judah, then were slowly absorbed by Judah by the time of the Babylonian exile, with [[Literature/BookOfEsther Esther and Mordecai]] claiming descent from the tribe post-exile. Centuries later, [[Characters/ActsOfTheApostles Paul]], another of Benjamin's descendants, kickstarted the spread of Christianity before the tribe was fully absorbed by the Jews after 70 AD.

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** Zigzagged with his descendants in the long run. The Tribe of Benjamin were formidable warriors with a SouthpawAdvantage, but were almost wiped out after a gang rape incident, they had one incident. One of their tribesmen, Saul, was crowned as the first king of Israel, before being replaced by David from the tribe of Judah, Judah. They remained with the Kingdom of Judah, then were slowly absorbed by Judah by the time of the Babylonian exile, with [[Literature/BookOfEsther Esther and Mordecai]] claiming descent from the tribe post-exile. Centuries later, [[Characters/ActsOfTheApostles Paul]], another of Benjamin's descendants, kickstarted the spread of Christianity before the tribe was fully absorbed by the Jews after 70 AD.
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** Zigzagged with his descendants in the long run. They were almost wiped out after a gang rape incident, they had one of their tribesmen, Saul, crowned as the first king of Israel, before being replaced by David from the tribe of Judah, then they were slowly absorbed by Judah by the time of the Babylonian exile, with [[Literature/BookOfEsther Esther and Mordecai]] claiming descent from the tribe post-exile. Centuries later, [[Characters/ActsOfTheApostles Paul]], another of Benjamin's descendants, kickstarted the spread of Christianity before the tribe was fully absorbed by the Jews after 70 AD.

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** Zigzagged with his descendants in the long run. They The Tribe of Benjamin were formidable warriors with a SouthpawAdvantage, but were almost wiped out after a gang rape incident, they had one of their tribesmen, Saul, crowned as the first king of Israel, before being replaced by David from the tribe of Judah, remained with the Kingdom of Judah, then they were slowly absorbed by Judah by the time of the Babylonian exile, with [[Literature/BookOfEsther Esther and Mordecai]] claiming descent from the tribe post-exile. Centuries later, [[Characters/ActsOfTheApostles Paul]], another of Benjamin's descendants, kickstarted the spread of Christianity before the tribe was fully absorbed by the Jews after 70 AD.
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* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Sarah had a child at the age of 90. Prior to that, Sarah forces her slave Hagar to sleep with her equally elderly husband Abraham, and Hagar gave birth to Ishmael. After Sarah sends Hagar and her child away out of jealousy, God tells her that she's going to have a child, to which Sarah laughs it off due to being too old. She gives birth to Isaac, whose name means "[[BrickJoke she laughs]]".

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* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Sarah had a child at the age of 90. Prior to that, Sarah forces her slave Hagar to sleep with her equally elderly husband Abraham, and Hagar gave gives birth to Ishmael. After Sarah sends Hagar and her child away out of jealousy, God tells her that she's going to have a child, to which Sarah laughs it off due to being too old. She gives birth to Isaac, whose name means "[[BrickJoke she laughs]]".



* KickTheSonOfABitch: Also, she sends Ishmael out into the desert, because she caught him [[BigBrotherBully picking on her biological son Isaac]].



* MamaBear: Also, she sends Ishmael out into the desert, because she caught him [[BigBrotherBully picking on her biological son Isaac]].



* ParentalFavoritism: She favours her biological son Isaac to her legal son Ishmael, and sends the latter away to keep him from sharing Isaac's inheritance.

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* ParentalFavoritism: She favours favors her biological son Isaac to her legal son Ishmael, and sends the latter away to keep him from sharing Isaac's inheritance.



* BigBrotherBully: His younger half-brother Isaac was born when he was fourteen years old. When Isaac's mother Sarah caught him mocking Isaac, she was so upset [[KnightTemplarParent she saw to it that her husband send Ishmael and his mother Hagar away from them permanently]], so they will not share in the inheritance that was meant for Isaac. Abraham became worried about this, but God told him to do as Sarah told him, for He would make Ishmael into a great nation all the same.



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* TeensAreMonsters / BigBrotherBully: His younger half-brother Isaac was born when he was fourteen years old. When Isaac's mother Sarah caught him mocking Isaac, she was so upset [[KnightTemplarParent she saw to it that her husband send Ishmael and his mother Hagar away from them permanently]], so they will not share in the inheritance that was meant for Isaac. Abraham became worried about this, but God told him to do as Sarah told him, for He will make Ishmael into a great nation all the same.



* BrickJoke: His name means "To laugh" because that's what his mother Sarah did when an angel told her she will be pregnant in her old age.

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* BrickJoke: His name means "To laugh" because that's what his mother Sarah did when an angel told her she will would be pregnant in her old age.
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* RedemptionRejection: When he is angry at God for favoring his brother's offering and rejecting his own, God offers him a chance to make it right. Cain instead becomes even angrier and murders his brother out of jealousy.

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* RedemptionRejection: When he is angry at God for favoring his brother's offering and rejecting his own, God offers him a chance to make it right.right and promises that he will be accepted if he does so. Cain instead becomes even angrier and murders his brother out of jealousy.

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