Sometimes they challenge and contradict one another, but they are not best seen as linear, as telling a neat, linear story about Israelite religion flowering and fading.

有时候它们相互对质或矛盾，但它们从未被当作线性结构，整洁有序的故事,关于以色列宗教的兴盛与衰落。

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That was a story that surely was near and dear to the hearts of Many ancient Israelites and Ancient Near Eastern listeners, so all the elements are there for the retelling of that story.

这个故事必然对一些人来说亲近又珍贵,对那些古代以色列和近东的听众，那就具备了复述故事的一切要素。

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And they were able to write themselves back into the narratives and stories of Israel's past.

他们便能将自己也纳入叙述部分,写在以色列的历史故事中。

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But these stories rival, and implicitly polemicize against, the myths or mythologies of Israel's neighbors.

这些故事相矛盾，且隐含着相反含意，与以色列的杜撰故事和神话传说。

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These were familiar stories, They were known in Israel, they were recounted in Israel.

这都是我们熟悉的故事，他们在以色列为人熟知，被反复传诵。

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So Israelite accounts of creation contain ; clear allusions to and resonances of Ancient Near Eastern cosmogonies; but perhaps Genesis 1 can best be described as Demythologizing what was a common cultural heritage.

以色列的创世故事中包含了,对古代近东宇宙学明确的影射和暗示;,也许《创世纪》可以被描述为,对共同文化遗产的去传奇化。

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Chapter 8 describes the victory at a place called Ai, which is near Jericho. Chapter 9 tells the story of the Gibeonites who join the Israelites; they are a local group that seems to join them.

第八章描述了在一个叫艾城的地方所取得的胜利，它靠近耶利亚哥，第九章讲了基遍居民的故事,他们加入了以色列人，他们是加入以色列的当地人。

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Joseph's betrayal by his brothers, his decent into Egypt, set the stage, not only for the reformation of his brothers' characters, which is an important part of the story, but for the descent of all of the Israelites into Egypt, so as to survive widespread famine.

约瑟夫兄弟们的背叛，他进入埃及，奠定了基础，不仅为他兄弟们品格的修复，这是故事中非常重要的一部分，也为所有以色列人进入埃及，为了幸免于蔓延的饥荒。

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