17-20: A promise, a place and a people. Christ is the ultimate fulfilment of God's promises to Abraham - Christ is the place (we are baptised into Christ) and he is the people (we receive his righteousness and become sons of God).
21-24: The people of God (represented by Isaac) are saved by a substitute provide by God.
25-28: The promises of God again point to the Messiah - 'In your offspring all the nations will be blessed' (26v4)
29-32: Jacob, who deceived Esau, is in turn deceived by Laban. He ends up fleeing, and must accept the forgiveness of Esau.
33-36: The promise of a King (35v11)
37-40: Joseph - the son becomes a servant - the innocent is punished.
41-44: The servant becomes a prince, and thus sustains the lives of God's people.
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