Oedipus Rex and Genesis

Hopefully I am not driving everyone crazy with all of my Bible references, but I was doing my daily Scripture reading a few days ago and came across a part that reminded me a lot of Oedipus. It was in Genesis and more specifically, chapter 31. Just a little bit of background, there is Jacob who loved a girl named Rachel, he worked for 7 years in order to have her father hand her over to him to marry. After the seven years were up, the father said that Jacob cannot have Rachel, his other daughter, Leah, was older and it was not custom to give the younger daughter before the older. So he made him marry Leah instead and work seven more years if he wanted Rachel. So he did, and finally wedded Rachel. The story goes on and the make a large family and eventually, Rachel stole "teraphim" from Laban with which the possessor had the right to inherit their fathers property. Laban was wrath with anger and he came to Jacob accusing him of stealing them from him. Jacob, being completely unaware that Rachel had stolen them (they were like images or small objects that people would worship, it was very important back then), was so sure that he was innocent that he swore  a severe punishment over the guilty person and asked Laban to search his tents. Laban searched the tents, found nothing and went on his way. But the punishment Jacob suggested still stands for the guilty party. This reminded me a lot of Oedipus being so sure that he was not the guilty person of murdering his father, that he swore and awful punishment of the person that did it. When it turned out all along that he had done it, unknowingly.