Had God Not Been on My Side: An Examination of the Narrative Technique of the Story of Jacob and Laban: Gen 29:1-32:2 Sherwood, Stehen K.. Had God Not Been on My Side: An Examination of the Narrative Technique of the Story of Jacob and Laban: Gen 29:1-32:2. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1990.Search through the bibliography to see all of the citations on chiasmus.