/lit/ - Literature

I’ve been reading through Genesis the past few days, and on one hand it is very interesting, but on the other it is just batshit insane. Some of the figures like Jacob, despite his important role as a Biblical patriarch, are rather unsavory in my mind, seeing as how he swindles Esau out of his birthright, how he tricks his blind father into giving him a blessing and how he takes almost everything Laban owns (he deserved it a bit more). Is there any good works I can read to understand Genesis, preferably from early Christians (though any good work would be appreciated)? Am I just to understand them as fallen imperfect men? At least Abraham had some admirable qualities like his faith and calls for mercy to save even ten innocents in Sodom and Gomorrah.