Struktur der Jakobsgeschichte nach B. Waltke:

A Oracle sought; struggle in childbirth; Jacob born (25:19–34)
 B Interlude: Rebekah in foreign palace: pact with foreigners (26:1–35)
  C Jacob fears Esau and flees land (27:1–28:9)
   D Heavenly messengers (28:10–22)
    E Arrival in Haran (29:1–30)
     F Jacob’s wives are fertile (29:31–30:24)
     F′ Jacob’s flocks are fertile (30:25–43)
    E′ Flight from Haran (31:1–55)
   D′ Heavenly messengers (32:1–32)
  C′ Jacob returns to land and is reconciled to Esau (33:1–20)
 B′ Interlude: Dinah in foreign palace; pact with foreigners (34:1–31)
A′ Oracle fulfilled; struggle in childbirth; Jacob becomes Israel (35:1–22)