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That's the situation Joseph finds himself in as the story in Genesis reaches its climax. We've seen Joseph rise to power in Egypt, second only to Pharaoh himself. We've seen his br...
I'm talking about Joseph, of course, and his brothers. We know the story: Joseph, sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, rises to power in Egypt, and then, years later, fate br...
It’s closer than you might think. Imagine the scene: Sodom, ripe for the taking, its riches and food plundered by victorious armies. But amidst the spoils, they seize Lot, Abraham’...
Turns out, according to tradition, the good times kept rolling. The Legends of the Jews, that incredible compilation of rabbinic stories gathered by Louis Ginzberg, tells us that G...
He was marrying Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. What a guy. Thinking he could finally win over his parents, Isaac and Rebecca, by marrying within the family, a granddaughter of ...
According to Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg, naturally drawing on earlier Midrashic sources), things were still pretty tense. See, Jacob, ever the strategist, tried to make a deal w...
So, picture this: It’s the evening of the second day after the… ahem… agreement between Jacob's sons and the people of Shechem. You remember the agreement. The one where all the me...
That’s the situation Reuben, the eldest son of Jacob, found himself in with his younger brother, Joseph. Reuben had good reason to worry. As the eldest, he knew that if anything ha...
The Torah tells us the broad strokes, but some of the details… well, they’re just fascinating. Let's pick up the thread as the story continues its winding path toward Egypt. The br...
