204 passages in Other Sources
Individual passages from Targum Jonathan, shown in source order. Page 5 of 5.
Genesis 42 tells how Joseph's brothers came to Egypt to buy grain during the famine and failed to recognize him. Targum Jonathan turns this reunion into something far more calculat...
When Joseph's brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin in Genesis 43, the Hebrew text describes a tense meal. Targum Jonathan transforms it into a scene loaded with hidden signals, p...
Genesis 44 contains one of the most emotionally powerful speeches in the Hebrew Bible, Judah's plea before the Egyptian viceroy to take Benjamin's place as a slave. Targum Jonathan...
The reveal scene in Genesis 45, Joseph breaking down and declaring "I am Joseph", is already one of the most dramatic moments in the Torah. Targum Jonathan transforms it into a pro...
The standard Torah tells us that Jacob traveled to Beersheba and offered sacrifices before heading down to Egypt. But Targum Jonathan, the ancient Aramaic translation dating to the...
Targum Jonathan turns to The Death Of Serah Bat Asher. Who was Serah? She was the granddaughter of Jacob, daughter of his son Asher. We meet her briefly in Genesis (46:17). Not muc...
Targum Jonathan takes the story of Jacob's settlement in Egypt and layers it with theological details the Torah never mentions, including an economic revolution, a hidden act of ki...
The Torah's account of Jacob blessing Joseph's sons is already dramatic, the old patriarch crossing his hands to favor the younger son over the firstborn. But Targum Jonathan adds ...
Jacob gathered his twelve sons around his golden bed to reveal the future. But something went wrong. According to Targum Jonathan, Jacob intended to show them "the hidden mysteries...
His twelve sons, the progenitors of the twelve tribes of Israel, are gathered around him. They’re not just there to say goodbye. They're there for something more. In Targum Pseudo-...
The Torah describes Jacob's burial as a solemn procession to Canaan. Targum Jonathan turns it into an epic confrontation complete with a golden deathbed, a eulogy comparing Jacob t...
Targum Jonathan turns to The Coffin Of Joseph. In Tree of Souls, after three days of frantic searching, Moses encounters a woman named Serah bat Asher. Now, Serah is no ordinary wo...
