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As Genesis ends with Joseph welcoming his family to Egypt, both Scripture and art point to a deeper truth: the path to ...
While Genesis 50:19-21 depicts Joseph as reunited ... offering to be his slaves," he said. Joseph assured his brothers that he had no plans for revenge — and instead, sought "to comfort his ...
This week, what I would like to focus on is the part of Genesis 37 where Joseph is sold into slavery in Egypt. Some of his brothers would clearly have been happy to kill him – and we ...
The brothers detest Joseph for what they see as his arrogance and immaturity; they are jealous of his favored status. The Torah says the brothers are in Shechem, a Genesis landmark of extreme violence ...
(Genesis 37:16-17) The journey of Joseph in search of his brothers falls into two parts, divided by an encounter, casual but consequential, with a nameless stranger in the pastures of Shechem.